dye

  • 21dye — dye1 [daı] n [U and C] [: Old English; Origin: deah, deag] 1.) a substance you use to change the colour of your clothes, hair etc ▪ hair dye 2.) dye job informal someone who has had a dye job has used a substance to change the colour of their… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22dye — /daɪ / (say duy) noun 1. a colouring material or matter. 2. a liquid containing colouring matter for imparting a particular hue to cloth, etc. 3. colour or hue, especially as produced by dyeing. –verb (dyed, dyeing) –verb (t) 4. to colour or… …

  • 23dye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fabric, food, hair, etc. ▪ chemical, synthetic ▪ natural, organic …

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  • 24dye — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25dye — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a substance you use to change the colour of your clothes, hair etc: hair dye 2 dye job informal someone who has had a dye job has used a substance to change the colour of their hair 2 verb dyes, dyed, dyeing (T) to give something… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26dye — I UK [daɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dye : singular dye plural dyes a substance used for changing the colour of something such as clothing or your hair II UK [daɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dye : present tense… …

    English dictionary

  • 27dye — A stain or coloring matter; a compound consisting of chromophore and auxochrome groups attached to one or more benzene rings, its color being due to the chromophore and its dyeing affinities to the auxochrome. Dyes are used for intravital… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28Dye — This interesting name derives from Dye , itself a pet form of the Medieval English female given name Dionisia, from the Greek Dionysia (feminine) or Dionysios (masculine) meaning the Divine One of Nysa , (a holy mountain in modern Afghanistan).… …

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  • 29dye — n. & v. n. 1 a a substance used to change the colour of hair, fabric, wood, etc. b a colour produced by this. 2 (in full dyestuff) a substance yielding a dye, esp. for colouring materials in solution. v.tr. (dyeing) 1 impregnate with dye. 2 make… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30dye — dye1 [ daı ] noun count or uncount a substance used for changing the color of something such as clothing or your hair dye dye 2 [ daı ] (present participle dyeing; past tense and past participle dyed) verb transitive to change the color of… …

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