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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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
The treatment was concluded with Nelson wiping the dye off of my eyebrows
Can everyone do eyebrow tinting?
Turns out, anyone can benefit from eyebrow tinting.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 22 May 2024
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Noun
One such bill to emerge from the scrum was Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel’s AB 2316, which would ban food products like Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Fruit Loops with certain chemical food dyes found to be toxic to humans from being served to students in California schools.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
The treatment was concluded with Nelson wiping the dye off of my eyebrows
Can everyone do eyebrow tinting?
Turns out, anyone can benefit from eyebrow tinting.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 22 May 2024
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dye. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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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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