DYE

dye, dyestuff

(noun) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

dye

(verb) color with dye; “Please dye these shoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

Any hue, color, or blee.

Synonyms

• colourant

• tincture

Verb

dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)

(transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Synonyms

• (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak

Etymology 2

Noun

dye (plural dyce)

Alternative spelling of die

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Proper noun

Dye (plural Dyes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dye is the 1246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 28182 individuals. Dye is most common among White (83.48%) and Black/African American (11.06%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Source: Wiktionary


Dye, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dyeing.] Etym: [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. deágian.]

Definition: To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.

Syn.

– See Stain.

Dye, n.

1. Color produced by dyeing.

2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Dye, n.

Definition: Same as Die, a lot. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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