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–noun

process of coloring fibers, yarns, or fabrics.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE déagunge. See dye, -ing¹

]

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dye

Audio Help [dahy] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, dyed, dye·ing.

–noun

1.	a coloring material or matter.

2.	a liquid containing coloring matter, for imparting a particular hue to cloth, paper, etc.

3.	color or hue, esp. as produced by dyeing.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to color or stain; treat with a dye; color (cloth, hair, etc.) with a substance containing coloring matter: to dye a dress green.

5.	to impart (color) by means of a dye: The coloring matter dyed green.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to impart color, as a dye: This brand dyes well.

7.	to become colored or absorb color when treated with a dye: This cloth dyes easily.

—Idiom

8.	of the deepest or blackest dye, of the most extreme or the worst sort: a prevaricator of the blackest dye.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME dien, OE déagian, deriv. of déag a dye

]

—Related forms

dy·a·ble, dye·a·ble, adjective

dyer, noun

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n.

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

[Middle English deie, from Old English dēag, dēah.]

dy'er n.

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dyeing
noun
the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

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Dyeing

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.

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