different between dye vs dyb

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

Alternative forms

• dib

Etymology

Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
   • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)

     I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, cognate with English deep and German tief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?y?b?]

Adjective

dyb (neuter dybt, plural and definite singular attributive dybe)

1. deep
2. profound

Inflection

Noun

dyb n (singular definite dybet, plural indefinite dyb)

1. deep, depth
2. abyss

Inflection

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/

Verb

dyb

1. second-person singular imperative of dyba?