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dye
(dī)n.
1. A substance used to color materials. Also called dyestuff.
2. A color imparted by dyeing.
v. dyed, dye·ing, dyes
v.tr.
To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.
v.intr.
Idiom: To take on or impart color.
of the deepest dye
Of the most extreme sort.
[Middle English deie, from Old English dēag, dēah.]
dy′er n.
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dye
(daɪ)n
1. (Dyeing) a staining or colouring substance, such as a natural or synthetic pigment
2. (Dyeing) a liquid that contains a colouring material and can be used to stain fabrics, skins, etc
3. (Dyeing) the colour or shade produced by dyeing
vb, dyes, dyeing or dyed
(Dyeing) (tr) to impart a colour or stain to (something, such as fabric or hair) by or as if by the application of a dye
[Old English dēagian, from dēag a dye; related to Old High German tugōn to change, Lettish dūkans dark]
ˈdyable, ˈdyeable adj
ˈdyer n
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dye
(daɪ)n., v. dyed, dye•ing. n.
1. a coloring material or matter.
2. a liquid containing coloring matter, for imparting a particular hue to cloth, paper, etc.
3. color or hue, esp. as produced by dyeing.
v.t. 4. to color with or as if with a dye.
5. to impart (color) by means of a dye.
v.i. 6. to impart color, as a dye.
7. to become colored when treated with a dye.
Idioms: of the deepest or blackest dye, of the most extreme or the worst sort.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English dēagian, derivative of dēag a dye]
dy′a•ble, dye′a•ble, adj.
dy′er, n.
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die
– dyeThese words are both pronounced (/daɪ/).
1. 'die'
Die is a verb. When a person, animal, or plant dies, they stop living. The other forms of 'die' are dies, dying, died.
2. 'dye'
Dye is both a noun and a verb. If you dye something such as hair or cloth, you change its colour by soaking it in a coloured liquid. This liquid is called a dye. The other forms of the verb 'dye' are dyes, dyeing, dyed.
She mixed finely pounded indigo leaves to dye her cloth deep blue.
Dip them in a yellow dye.
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dye
Past participle: dyed
Gerund: dyeing
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| Noun | 1. |  dye - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hairacid dye - dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion alizarin yellow - any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner aniline dye - any of many dyes made from aniline azo dye - any dye containing one or more azo groups basic color, basic colour, basic dye - a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion chromophore - the chemical group that gives color to a molecule coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein - a dye used as an acid-base indicator bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue - a dye used as an acid-base indicator cochineal - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects cyanine dye - any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography direct dye, substantive dye - dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein - a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) fluorochrome - any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens hair coloring, hair dye - a dye or tint for the hair Kendal, Kendal green - a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant lac dye - scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac lead acetate, sugar of lead - a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes quercitron - a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree radiopaque dye - dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination Tyrian purple - a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically vat color, vat dye - a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton woad - a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant |
| Verb | 1. | dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes" discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" bronze - give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes" stain - color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen" deep-dye - dye thoroughly stain - color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" fast dye - dye with fast colors; "These shirts should be fast-dyed" double dye - dye twice hand-dye - dye by hand; "This fabric is hand-dyed" piece-dye - dye after weaving |
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dye
verb
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dye
nounverbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
barvabarvitbarvivo
farvefarvestofhårfarvningsmiddelindfarvetone
värjätävärjäysainesävyttääväriväriaine
bojabojati
litalitarefniliturlitur; litunarefni
染める染料
염료염색하다
krāsakrāsotkrāsviela
farbiť
barvatibarvilo
färgafärgmedel
ย้อมสีย้อม
nhuộmthuốc nhuộm
dye
[daɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dye
[ˈdaɪ] vt → teindre
to dye one's hair → se teindre les cheveux, se teindre
to dye sth red → teindre qch en rougedyed-in-the-wool [ˌdaɪdɪnðəˈwʊl] adj (= unshakeable) → bon teint inv
to dye one's hair → se teindre les cheveux, se teindre
to dye sth red → teindre qch en rougedyed-in-the-wool [ˌdaɪdɪnðəˈwʊl] adj (= unshakeable) → bon teint inv
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dye
n → Farbstoff m; hair dye → Haarfärbmittel nt; food dye → Lebensmittelfarbe f; the dye will come out in the wash → die Farbe geht bei der Wäsche heraus
dye
:dyestuffs
pl → Farbstoffe pl
dyeworks
n sing or pl → Färberei f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dye
[daɪ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dye
(dai) – past tense, past participle dyed: present participle ˈdyeing – verb to give a permanent colour to (clothes, cloth etc). I've just dyed my coat green; I'm sure she dyes her hair.
noun a powder or liquid for colouring. a bottle of green dye.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dye
→ صِبْغَة, يَصْبِغُ barva, barvit farve färben, Farbstoff βαφή, βάφω teñir, tinte väriaine, värjätä teindre, teinture boja, bojati tingere, tintura 染める, 染料 염료, 염색하다 verf, verven farge, fargestoff barwnik, pofarbować tingir, tinta, tintura красить, краска färga, färgmedel ย้อม, สีย้อม boya, boyamak nhuộm, thuốc nhuộm 染, 染料Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dye
n. tinte, color saturado; colorante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Could you color my hair, please? (US)
Can you dye my hair, please? (UK) - Could you color my roots, please? (US)
Can you dye my roots, please? (UK)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dye
n tinte m, tintura, colorante mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.