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nouna usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
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"Please dye these shoes"verbcolor with dye
Definition that contains dye
- impress dye (fabric) before it is spun
- batik dye with wax
- fast dye dye with fast colors
- hand-dye dye by hand
- double dye dye twice
- yarn-dye dye (fabric) before it is spun
- acid dye dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion
- direct dye dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)
- tie-dye dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern
- radiopaque dye dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination