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dye  (d)

n.

1. A substance used to color materials. Also called dyestuff.

2. A color imparted by dyeing.

v. dyed, dye·ing, dyes

v.tr.

To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.

v.intr.

To take on or impart color.

Idiom:

of the deepest dye

Of the most extreme sort.

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[Middle English deie, from Old English dag, dah.]

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dyer n.

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dye

Noun

1. a colouring substance

2. the colour produced by dyeing

Verb

[dyeing, dyed]

to colour (hair or fabric) by applying a dye [Old English dēag]

dyer n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dye - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair dyestuff acid dye - dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion alizarin yellow - any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner anil, indigo, indigotin - a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically aniline dye - any of many dyes made from aniline azo dye - any dye containing one or more azo groups basic color, basic colour, basic dye - a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion chromophore - the chemical group that gives color to a molecule coloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim" blueing, bluing, blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein - a dye used as an acid-base indicator bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue - a dye used as an acid-base indicator cochineal - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects cyanine dye - any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography direct dye, substantive dye - dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein - a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) fluorochrome - any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens hair coloring, hair dye - a dye or tint for the hair Kendal, Kendal green - a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant lac dye - scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac lead acetate, sugar of lead - a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes archil, cudbear, orchil - a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens quercitron - a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree radiopaque dye - dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination saffranine, safranin, safranine - any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes Tyrian purple - a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically vat color, vat dye - a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton woad - a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
Verb	1.	dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes" discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" bronze - give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes" stain - color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen" deep-dye - dye thoroughly yarn-dye, impress - dye (fabric) before it is spun stain - color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" fast dye - dye with fast colors; "These shirts should be fast-dyed" double dye - dye twice hand-dye - dye by hand; "This fabric is hand-dyed" piece-dye - dye after weaving

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dye

noun 1. colouring, colour, pigment, stain, tint, tinge, colorant

verb 2. colour, stain, tint, tinge, pigment, tincture

Translations

dye [daɪ] n → tinte m

vt → teñir;

hair dye → tinte m para el pelo

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dye [daɪ] n → teinture f

vt → teindre;

hair dye → teinture pour les cheveux

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dye [daɪ] n → Farbstoff m;

(for hair) → Färbemittel nt

vt → färben

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dye [daɪ] n → colore m;

(chemical) → colorante m; tintura

vt → tingere;

hair dye → tinta per capelli

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dye

v dye [dai]

to give a permanent colour to (clothes, cloth etc) I've just dyed my coat green; I'm sure she dyes her hair. kleur يَصْبُغ боядисвам (o)barvit farve; indfarve; tone färben βάφω teñir värvima رنگ کردن värjätä teindre לִצבּוֹע रंगना obojati (meg)fest memberi warna, mencelup lita tingere, colorare 染める 염색하다 dažyti krāsot mewarna verven farge farbować tingir a vopsi красить (za)farbiť barvati farbati färga ย้อมสี boyamak 染色 фарбувати, забарвлювати صبغہ ، نیل وغیرہ سے رنگنا nhuộm 染色

n

a powder or liquid for colouring a bottle of green dye. kleurstof صِباغ боя barva, barvivo farve; hårfarvningsmiddel; farvestof der Farbstoff βαφή tinte värvaine رنگ väriaine teinture צֶבָע रंग boja festék zat pewarna litur; litunarefni tinta, colore 染料 염료, 물감 dažai krāsa; krāsviela pewarna verfstof farge(stoff) farba tinta vopsea краска farba barvilo farba färgmedel สีย้อม boya 染料 фарба; барвник رنگنے کا مادہ ، خضاب thuốc nhuộm 染料