starch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of starch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to starch
Participle: starched
Gerund: starching

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Istarch
youstarch
he;she;itstarches
westarch
youstarch
theystarch

Perfect

Ihave starched
youhave starched
he;she;ithas starched
wehave starched
youhave starched
theyhave starched

Past

Istarched
youstarched
he;she;itstarched
westarched
youstarched
theystarched

Pluperfect

Ihad starched
youhad starched
he;she;ithad starched
wehad starched
youhad starched
theyhad starched

Future

Iwill starch
youwill starch
he;she;itwill starch
wewill starch
youwill starch
theywill starch

Future Perfect

Iwill have starched
youwill have starched
he;she;itwill have starched
wewill have starched
youwill have starched
theywill have starched

Subjunctive

Present

Istarch
youstarch
he;she;itstarch
westarch
youstarch
theystarch

Perfect

Ihave starched
youhave starched
he;she;ithave starched
wehave starched
youhave starched
theyhave starched

Imperfect

Istarched
youstarched
he;she;itstarched
westarched
youstarched
theystarched

Pluperfect

Ihad starched
youhad starched
he;she;ithad starched
wehad starched
youhad starched
theyhad starched

Conditional

Present

Iwould starch
youwould starch
he;she;itwould starch
wewould starch
youwould starch
theywould starch

Perfect

Iwould have starched
youwould have starched
he;she;itwould have starched
wewould have starched
youwould have starched
theywould have starched

Imperative

youstarch
weLet's starch
youstarch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam starching
youare starching
he;she;itis starching
weare starching
youare starching
theyare starching

Perfect

Ihave been starching
youhave been starching
he;she;ithas been starching
wehave been starching
youhave been starching
theyhave been starching

Past

Iwas starching
youwere starching
he;she;itwas starching
wewere starching
youwere starching
theywere starching

Pluperfect

Ihad been starching
youhad been starching
he;she;ithad been starching
wehad been starching
youhad been starching
theyhad been starching

Future

Iwill be starching
youwill be starching
he;she;itwill be starching
wewill be starching
youwill be starching
theywill be starching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been starching
youwill have been starching
he;she;itwill have been starching
wewill have been starching
youwill have been starching
theywill have been starching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be starching
youwould be starching
he;she;itwould be starching
wewould be starching
youwould be starching
theywould be starching

Perfect

Iwould have been starching
youwould have been starching
he;she;itwould have been starching
wewould have been starching
youwould have been starching
theywould have been starching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'starch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'starch'

search, stanch, arch, destarch, enarch, inarch, march, parch, scarph, scorch,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English starche, sterche, from Old English *stierċe (“stiffness, rigidity, strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *starkī (“stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“stiff, rigid”).
2. Cognate with dialectal Dutch sterk (“strong”), Middle Low German sterke (“strength”), German Stärke (“strength", also "starch”), Swedish stärkelse (“starch”), Icelandic sterkja (“starch”). Related to English stark (“stiff, strong, vigorous, powerful”). See: Swedish 'stärkelse', Icelandic 'sterkja', English 'stark'.

Sample Sentences

  • She starched her blouses.