Thesaurus / starching
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synonyms for starching
- anneal
- bake
- braze
- cement
- chill
- congeal
- dry
- indurate
- mold
- petrify
- set
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- toughen
- toughen up
- douse
- drench
- float
- hose
- moisten
- rinse
- scrub
- shower
- soak
- wash up
- wet
- wipe
- bath
- bubble
- cleanse
- dip
- imbue
- immerse
- lap
- launder
- lave
- scour
- shampoo
- shine
- slosh
- soap
- sponge
- starch
- swab
- tub
- brush up
- clean up
- do the dishes
- do the laundry
- freshen up
- fresh up
- take a bath
- take a shower
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- concrete
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
- caseharden
- densify
- bath
- bathe
- bubble
- cleanse
- dip
- douse
- drench
- float
- hose
- imbue
- immerse
- lap
- launder
- moisten
- rinse
- scour
- scrub
- shampoo
- shine
- shower
- slosh
- soak
- soap
- sponge
- starch
- swab
- wet
- wipe
- brush up
- clean up
- do the dishes
- do the laundry
- freshen up
- fresh up
- take a bath
- take a shower
- tub
- wash up
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- indurate
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
- densify
On this page you'll find 306 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starching, such as: reinforce, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, anneal, and benumb.
antonyms for starching
MOST RELEVANT
- discourage
- dissuade
- liquefy
- melt
- separate
- soften
- weaken
- aggravate
- agitate
- bend
- excite
- flex
- infuriate
- upset
- continue
- dilute
- discourage
- dishearten
- disjoin
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- enlarge
- flex
- hurt
- let go
- liquefy
- loosen
- melt
- open
- separate
- soften
- thin
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- weaken
- continue
- dilute
- discourage
- dishearten
- disjoin
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- enlarge
- flex
- hurt
- let go
- liquefy
- loosen
- melt
- open
- separate
- soften
- thin
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- weaken
- indulge
- spoil
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How to use starching in a sentence
Proper drains under washing and starching machines, so that there are no wet floors.
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEETSUE AINSLIE CLARK AND EDITH WYATTThe actual process of hand starching may be learned in less than one hour.
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEETSUE AINSLIE CLARK AND EDITH WYATTTwo wash-forms are needed; one for the two tubs in which to put the suds, and the other for blueing and starching-tubs.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMYCATHERINE ESTHER BEECHERTherefore the finishing process includes brushing, very light starching or sizing, then calendering or pressing.
TEXTILESWILLIAM H. DOOLEYWashing, ironing, clear-starching, making up gents' fine shirts for evening wear—everything's done under my own eye!'
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSKENNETH GRAHAMEAll kinds of calicoes but black, look better for starching, but black calicoes will not look clear if starched.
THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFEANONYMOUSThe starching, the fluting, the ironing, all take precious hours that might be employed upon some of the must-haves.
THE SECRET OF A HAPPY HOME (1896)MARION HARLANDWould it not have been wiser as well as neater, for her to have plain, untrimmed underwear, and iron it without starching?
THE SECRET OF A HAPPY HOME (1896)MARION HARLANDWhite, red, blue or purple colours were used in the starching, and yellow in the latter days of this century.
DRESS DESIGNTALBOT HUGHESThe next process is starching; but it is not as a rule necessary to starch napkins, tablecloths, or bed linens.
CLOTHING AND HEALTHHELEN KINNE