1.
[syn: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dye \Dye\ (d[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dyed (d[imac]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dyeing.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. de['a]gian.]
To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as
by the application of dyestuffs.
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Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. --Trench.
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The soul is dyed by its thoughts. --Lubbock.
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To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye
firmly; to imbue thoroughly.
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He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the
revenue system dyed in the wool. --Hawthorne.
Syn: See Stain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dyed \dyed\ adj.
1. colored or impregnated with dye. [Narrower terms:
dyed-in-the-wool, yarn-dyed; hennaed] undyed
Syn: tinted.
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2. having a new color imparted by impregnation with dye;
having an artificially produced color; not naturally
colored. [Narrower terms: bleached]
Syn: colored.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dyed
adj 1: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a
bleached blonde" [syn: bleached, colored, coloured,
dyed]