dye
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Middle English deie from Old English dēag (“‘color, hue, dye’”)
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dye (countable and uncountable; plural dyes)
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- A die.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46.
- 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 sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46.
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a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
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to dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)
- (transitive) to colour with dye
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to colour with dye
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Terms derived from "dye"
