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Synonyms & Antonyms for starch
Synonyms: Noun
beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip
Antonyms: Noun
lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity
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He starches the collars of his shirts.Noun
a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youthRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
If there's white cotton curtains in the house, bleaching and starching them while ironing are efforts that go a long way. 6. — Melissa Rolland, courant.com, "Projects That Don't Break The Bank," 19 June 2018 So to a certain extent, Apple has brilliantly taken advantage of the situation and starched their hat white. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: NYU professor Scott Galloway answers listener questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask," 26 May 2018 With hair combed neatly to one side, and dressed almost daily in suits that aren’t so much pressed as they are vigorously starched, Becerra is dutifully methodical when performing all the typical functions as California’s attorney general. — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, "When Trump deports immigrants, California’s attorney general remembers his mom and dad," 11 Sep. 2017 Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez (Gilbert Melendez’s wife) just starched her opponent in her MMA debut. # — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, "UFC fighter Melendez’s wife taking huge MMA step," 22 May 2017 His search for something else to use summoned memories of the gooey liquid his mother had used to starch the collars of his father’s shirts. — Denise Gellene, New York Times, "Oliver Smithies, Tinkerer Who Transformed Genetics and Won a Nobel, Dies at 91," 11 Jan. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Bring to a boil and cook just until starch cooks out, about 3–4 minutes. — al, "Serve a meal inspired by Alabama’s 200-year history," 20 Aug. 2019 Or skip starches at breakfast and lunch and enjoy 2 cups of pasta at dinner. Indulgences Servings to aim for:About 200 calories daily or about 700 twice a week. — Joy Bauer, Ms, Woman's Day, "Here's What It Really Means to Eat In Moderation," 20 Aug. 2019 Pea starch is used to make noodles, and the leftover protein is shipped over to the US. — Larissa Zimberoff, Time, "The Rise of the Pea: How an Unassuming Legume Emerged as a Frontrunner in the Race to Replace Meat and Dairy," 15 Aug. 2019 Halas, who was recruiting mostly former Illinois, Northwestern and Notre Dame players for his new factory team at Decatur’s A.E. Staley starch plant, took advantage. — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, "Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 28, George Trafton," 8 Aug. 2019 Those little birds had higher cholesterol and more amylase, an enzyme that turns starch into sugar. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Eating Even One Piece of Plastic Has Health Consequences for Baby Seabirds," 5 Aug. 2019 Mexican food is typically filled with rice, beans, tortillas — the sort of starches that are a big no-no to strict followers of the diet. — Brad Japhe, USA TODAY, "Keto is no passing craze as restaurants cater to ketosis-loving crowd in LA," 30 July 2019 Message Lori Nickel on Twitter at @LoriNickel, Instagram at @bylorinickel or Facebook at www.facebook.com/ChinUpLoriNickel ***** The sugar in sweet corn begins to turn to starch as soon as the ear is picked. — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The New Berlin Lions Club corn roast at Wisconsin State Fair has a sweet story - especially for youth groups," 29 July 2019 And a pet peeve, a First World pet peeve, is going to fine-dining restaurants where their solution is to overfeed you so many carbs and starches! — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, "Getting Salty with pastry chef Mary Edinger of Table at Season to Taste," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'starch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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