Dye Definition

dyed, dyeing, dyes
noun
dyes
Color produced in a substance by saturating it with a coloring agent; tint; hue.
Webster's New World
Any substance used to give color to fabric, hair, etc.; coloring matter or a solution containing it.
Webster's New World
A color imparted by dyeing.
American Heritage

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

Wiktionary

Alternative spelling of die.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
dyed, dyeing, dyes
To color with or as with a dye.
Webster's New World
To take on color in dyeing.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
idiom
of the deepest dye
  • Of the most extreme sort.
American Heritage
of (the) deepest dye
  • of the most marked, esp. the worst, sort
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dye

Noun

Singular:
dye
Plural:
dyes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dye

  • of the deepest dye
  • of (the) deepest dye

Origin of Dye

  • From Middle English deie, from Old English dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daugō (“colour, shade”), from *dauganą, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheuk-, *dhouk- (“to be hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English deie from Old English dēag, dēah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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