dye - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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Verb (2)dyes, dyed, dying

color with dye“Please dye these shoes”More general discolor, discolourMore specific stain, hand-dye, piece-dye, deep-dye, impress, bronze, fast dye, double dye
color for microscopic study“The laboratory worker dyed the specimen”Synonyms: stain

Noun (1)dyes

a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hairSynonyms: dyestuffType of coloring material, colouring materialKinds fluorescein, bromophenol blue, anil, alizarin yellow, acid dye, lead acetate, azo dye, basic dye, safranine, radiopaque dye +15 moreParts chromophore

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dye (dī), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Dyed (dīd); present participle & verbal noun Dyeing.]

Origin: OE. deyan, dyen, AS. deágian.

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.— Abp. Richard Chenevix Trench

The soul is dyed by its thoughts.— Sir John 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. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms: See Stain.

Dye noun

1. Color produced by dyeing.

2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Dye noun

Same as Die, a lot. Edmund Spenser

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54