dye

  • 31dye — [[t]da͟ɪ[/t]] dyes, dyeing, dyed 1) VERB If you dye something such as hair or cloth, you change its colour by soaking it in a special liquid. [V n] The women prepared, spun and dyed the wool... [V ed] She had dyed black hair. 2) N MASS Dye is a… …

    English dictionary

  • 32dye —   Wai, waiho olu u, wai ele, wai ele ele.   Also: we a, hili, kūhili; kūpenu (by dipping); ki olena, hōlei, kīhe ahe a pala ā.    ♦ Dye colors: ōlenalena (yellow); puakai (red); nao (dark red); pōkohukohu (made of noni root); ākala (raspberry or… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 33Dyé — French commune nomcommune=Dyé latitude=47.90000 longitude=3.87056 insee=89149 cp=89360 région=Bourgogne département=Yonne arrondissement=Avallon canton=Flogny la Chapelle maire= mandat= alt mini=135 alt maxi=251 m area=17.00 sans=175 date… …

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  • 34dye — 1. noun /daɪ/ a) A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied. If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining… …

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  • 35dye — I n. 1) to apply dye to 2) natural; synthetic dyes II v. (N; used with an adjective) she dyed the dress blue * * * [daɪ] synthetic dyes (N; used with an adjective) she dyed the dress blue natural to apply dye to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36dye — [OE] Dye is something of a mystery word. Its original meaning seems to have been simply ‘colour’, its modern connotations of ‘artificially changing colour’ a secondary development, but its source remains unknown. A connection has been suggested… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37dye — [daɪ] noun [C/U] I a substance that is used for changing the colour of something such as cloth or hair II (present participle dyeing; past tense and past participle dyed) verb [T] dye [daɪ] to change the colour of something such as cloth or hair… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 38dye — [OE] Dye is something of a mystery word. Its original meaning seems to have been simply ‘colour’, its modern connotations of ‘artificially changing colour’ a secondary development, but its source remains unknown. A connection has been suggested… …

    Word origins

  • 39dye — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dehe, from Old English dēah, dēag Date: before 12th century 1. color from dyeing 2. a soluble or insoluble coloring matter II. verb (dyed; dyeing) Date: before 12th century …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 40dye v — 1) Did you hear about the two females who were watching a blonde walk by? The first one said, I wonder whether she s a natural blonde or a bleached blonde. Her friend said, She s a suicide blonde. The other said, Suicide blonde? What s that? The… …

    English expressions