What is "dye" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does dye mean in English? Meaning of dye definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "dye" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "dye": a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

Noun

Meaning: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

Synonyms: dye dyestuff

Hyponyms: acid dye alizarin yellow anil aniline dye archil azo dye basic color basic colour basic dye blue blueing bluing bromophenol blue bromothymol blue bromphenol blue bromthymol blue cochineal cudbear cyanine dye direct dye fluorescein fluoresceine fluorescent dye fluorochrome hair coloring hair dye indigo indigotin kendal kendal green lac dye lead acetate orchil quercitron radiopaque dye resorcinolphthalein saffranine safranin safranine substantive dye sugar of lead tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein tyrian purple vat color vat dye woad

Hypernyms: color coloring material colour colouring material

Part Holonyms: chromophore

Meaning of "dye": color with dye

Verb

Meaning: color with dye

Example: Please dye these shoes

Synonyms: dye

Hyponyms: bronze deep-dye double dye fast dye hand-dye impress piece-dye stain yarn-dye

Hypernyms: color colour discolor discolour

Synonyms:

stain, tint, pigment, color, tinge, tincture, dyestuff, colorant, stain, tint, tinge, impregnate, tincture, pigment,

What is "dye" in English? Definition and Explanations

What is "dye" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "dye": a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

Noun

Meaning of "dye": color with dye

Verb

Synonyms:

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