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dye
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)
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- 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)
- (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)
- 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;
- 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:
Translations
Anagrams
- Dey, dey, ye'd, yed
Afrikaans
Noun
dye
- plural of dy
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French dieu (“god”).
Noun
dye
- god
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yellowroot
English
Etymology
yellow +? root
Noun
yellowroot (uncountable)
- Xanthorhiza simplicissima, syn. X. apiifolia, a North American subshrub whose roots were formerly used to produce a yellow dye.
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