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Dye

Dye Meaning & Definition
Dye Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dye?

[n] a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
[v] color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dye: dyestuff

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dye: acid color | aniline | aniline dye | apply paint | artificial dye | bedaub | bedizen | begild | besmear | besprinkle | breathe | brew | brush on paint | calcimine | chromogen | coat | coat of paint | coating | color | color filter | color gelatin | colorant | coloring | complexion | cover | dab | daub | dead-color | decoct | deep-dye | dip | distemper | double-dye | dredge | drier | dyestuff | emblazon | enamel | engild | entincture | exterior paint | face | fast-dye | flat coat | flat wash | flavor | floor enamel | fresco | fuchsine | garancine | gild | glaze | gloss | grain | ground | hue | illuminate | imbrue | imbue | impregnate | infiltrate | infuse | ingrain | instill | interior paint | japan | lacquer | lake | lay on color | leaven | madder | medium | opaque color | paint | parget | penetrate | permeate | pervade | pigment | prime | prime coat | primer | priming | saturate | season | shade | shadow | shellac | slop on paint | smear | stain | steep | stipple | suffuse | temper | tempera | thinner | tinct | tinction | tincture | tinge | tint | tone | transfuse | transparent color | turpentine | turps | undercoat | undercoating | varnish | vehicle | wash | wash coat | whitewash | woad

See Also | acid dye | alizarin yellow | anil | aniline dye | archil | azo dye | basic dye | bepaint | blue | blueing | bluing | bromophenol blue | bromothymol blue | bromphenol blue | bromthymol blue | bronze | chromophore | cochineal | color | color | coloring material | colour | colour | colouring material | cudbear | cyanine dye | deep-dye | direct dye | discolor | discolour | double dye | fast dye | fluorescein | fluoresceine | fluorescent dye | fluorochrome | hair coloring | hair dye | hand dye | hue | imbue | impress | indigo | indigotin | Kendal | Kendal green | lac dye | lead acetate | orchil | piece-dye | quercitron | radiopaque dye | resorcinolphthalein | stain | substantive dye | sugar of lead | tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein | tinct | tinge | tint | touch | Tyrian purple | vat color | vat dye | woad | yarn-dye

Dye In Webster's Dictionary

\Dye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dyed}; 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. 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. Same as {Die}, a lot. --Spenser.

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