starched

starched — [ startʃd ] adjective starched clothes have been made stiff with starch: a starched collar …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

Starched — (st[aum]rcht), a. 1. Stiffened with starch. [1913 Webster] 2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

starched — index formal, punctilious, rigid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

starched — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)tʃt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A starched garment or piece of cloth has been made stiffer using starch. ...a starched white shirt. ...starched napkins …   English dictionary

starched — UK [stɑː(r)tʃd] / US [stɑrtʃd] adjective starched clothes have been made stiff with starch a starched collar …   English dictionary

starched — AND starchy mod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also stiff.) □ Man, was he starched! □ No, he wasn’t quite stiff, but he was starched …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

Starched — Starch Starch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched} (st[aum]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starching}.] To stiffen with starch. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

starched — adj. Starched is used with these nouns: ↑collar, ↑linen …   Collocations dictionary

starched — adjective a) Of or pertaining to a garment which has had starch applied. b) Stiff, formal, rigid; prim and proper …   Wiktionary

starched — Synonyms and related words: buckram, firm, in buckram, pokerlike, prim, ramrodlike, renitent, rigid, rodlike, starch, starchy, stiff, stiff as buckram, stilted, taut, tense, tight, unrelaxed, virgate …   Moby Thesaurus

starched — stÉ‘rtʃt /stɑːt adj. stiffened with starch; stiff, formal stÉ‘rtʃ /stɑːt n. edible complex carbohydrate found in plants; substance used to stiffen fabrics; formality, stiffness of manner v. stiffen with starch; make rigid, make stiff …   English contemporary dictionary