| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| starch | adjective | Stiff; precise; rigid., A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc., Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality., To stiffen with starch. |
| stared | imp. & past participle | of Stare |
| starer | noun | One who stares, or gazes. |
| starry | adjective | Abounding with stars; adorned with stars., Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame., Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes., Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. |
| starve | verb i. | To die; to perish., To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent., To perish or die with cold., To destroy with cold., To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder., To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender., To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air., To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. |