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Definitions for: Dye
[n] a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
[v] color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Dye, n.
1. Color produced by dyeing.
2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
Dye, n.
Same as Die, a lot. --Spenser.
Synonyms: dyestuff
See Also: acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, aniline dye, archil, azo dye, basic dye, bepaint, blue, blueing, bluing, bromophenol blue, bromothymol blue, bromphenol blue, bromthymol blue, bronze, chromophore, cochineal, color, color, coloring material, colour, colour, colouring material, cudbear, cyanine dye, deep-dye, direct dye, discolor, discolour, double dye, fast dye, fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, fluorochrome, hair coloring, hair dye, hand dye, hue, imbue, impress, indigo, indigotin, Kendal, Kendal green, lac dye, lead acetate, orchil, piece-dye, quercitron, radiopaque dye, resorcinolphthalein, stain, substantive dye, sugar of lead, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, tinct, tinge, tint, touch, Tyrian purple, vat color, vat dye, woad, yarn-dye
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