different between dye vs barken

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: die, Di, Dai

Etymology 1

From Middle English deie, from Old English d?ah, d?ag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daug? (“colour, shade”), from *daugan?, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).

The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English d?agian, from the noun.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) die

Noun

dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)

1. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
2. Any hue, color, or blee.

Synonyms

• colourant
• tincture

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ink

Verb

dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)

1. (transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Synonyms

• (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

dye (plural dyce)

1. Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
   • 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;

Translations

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Afrikaans

Noun

dye

1. plural of dy

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dieu (“god”).

Noun

dye

1. god

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??(?)k?n/

Etymology 1

From bark +? -en.

Adjective

barken (not comparable)

1. (poetic) Made of bark.
   • 1871, John Greenleaf Whittier, "Nauhaught, the Deacon", in Miriam, and Other Poems

     barken knots

Etymology 2

From bark +? -en.

Verb

barken (third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
   • 1908, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, or, The astrologer:

     "The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

References

barken in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.barken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Banker, banker

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark?n/, [?b?????n?]

Noun

barken c

1. definite singular of bark

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rk?n

Noun

barken

1. Plural form of bark

Anagrams

• braken

Middle English

Verb

barken

1. Alternative form of berken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Swedish

Noun

barken

1. definite singular of bark

Anagrams

• banker