1
: color from dyeing
2
: a soluble or insoluble coloring matter
dyed; dyeing
1
: to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye
2
: to impart (a color) by dyeing
: to take up or impart color in dyeing
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Examples of dye in a Sentence
Noun
soaked the fabric in blue dye
Verb
She had been dyeing her hair for years.
The fabric is bleached, dyed, and then washed.
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Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Red Dye Red dye–or any sugar other than white for hummingbird feeders–should be avoided.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Emily Chan, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
In the mid-19th century, advances in dyeing technology and synthetic organic chemistry allowed the textile industry, previously limited to what was available in nature, to mass-produce a rainbow’s worth of new shades.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
All Drunk Elephant products are 100% free of essential oils, silicones, dyes, solvent alcohols, and sulfate surfactants.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Red Dye Red dye–or any sugar other than white for hummingbird feeders–should be avoided.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
Photo: Elisabet Mateu The bride decided to dye the dress pink and rewore it at a friend’s nuptials the following summer.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
In the mid-19th century, advances in dyeing technology and synthetic organic chemistry allowed the textile industry, previously limited to what was available in nature, to mass-produce a rainbow’s worth of new shades.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dye. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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dye
1 of 2 noun1
: color from dyeing
2
: a soluble or insoluble coloring matter
dye
2 of 2 verb
dyed; dyeing
1
: to impart a new and often permanent color to especially by impregnating with a dye
2
: to impart (a color) by dyeing
dyeing blue on yellow
: to take up or impart color in dyeing
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