starched

[US]/stɑːtʃt/
[UK]/stɑrtʃt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. stivnet, stiv, formel
Word Forms
Past Tensestarched
Past Participlestarched

Phrases & Collocations

starched clothes

stivt tøj

starched collar

stiv krave

Example Sentences

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

Hendes nylige dimission fra en tynd, lille pige med korte nederdele og stift opsat fletning til den værdighed, der lå i en lang, calico-kjole og en stivhvid turban, var en berusende affære.

"Have I then sold myself," thought the minister, "to the fiend whom, if men say true, this yellow-starched and velveted old hag has chosen for her prince and master?"

"Har jeg så solgt mig selv," tænkte ministeren, "til den djævel, som, hvis mænd siger sandhed, denne gule-stivelsesbindende og fløjlsklædte gamle heks har valgt til sin prins og mester?"

a starched white shirt

en stivhvid skjorte

Real-world Examples

Because the aromatic flowers contain enzymes that can chew up starch.

Fordi de aromatiske blomster indeholder enzymer, der kan nedbryde stivelse.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2019 Collection

You're converting all the starches into fermentable sugar.

Du konverterer al stivelsen til fermenterbart sukker.

Source: Gourmet Base

That stuff is the starch of the kernel.

Det er stivelsen i kerne.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

It'll take the starch out of those straight lines.

Det vil fjerne stivelsen fra de lige linjer.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

It's really about releasing the starch.

Det handler virkelig om at frigive stivelsen.

Source: Connection Magazine

Maize was the dominant starch, present in 69 percent of the ancient samples.

Majs var den dominerende stivelse, til stede i 69 procent af de gamle prøver.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening March 2013 Collection

Sheldon, doesn't Amy look hot? That's got to put some starch in the upper flermin.

Sheldon, ser Amy ikke godt ud? Det må tilføje lidt stivelse til den øvre flermin.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

Corn starch is an important article of commerce.

Majsstivelse er en vigtig handelsartikel.

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

But if you overmash, you can break up the starch and end up with potato glue.

Men hvis du moser for meget, kan du nedbryde stivelsen og ende med kartoffelklister.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

It looks like a... A steamed starch.

Det ligner... Dampet stivelse.

Source: Gourmet Base

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