dye

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dye, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a substance used to change the colour of hair, fabric, wood, etc. b a colour produced by this.
2 (in full dyestuff) a substance yielding a dye, esp. for colouring materials in solution.
--v.tr. (dyeing)
1 impregnate with dye.
2 make (a thing) a specified colour with dye (dyed it yellow).

Idiom

dyed in the wool (or grain)
1 out and out; unchangeable, inveterate.
2 (of a fabric) made of yarn dyed in its raw state. dye-line a print made by the diazo process.

Derivative

dyeable adj.

Etymology

OE deag, deagian

THESAURUS

dye

acid color, aniline, aniline dye, apply paint, artificial dye, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, besprinkle, breathe, brew, brush on paint, calcimine, chromogen, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, complexion, cover, dab, daub, dead-color, decoct, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dredge, drier, dyestuff, emblazon, enamel, engild, entincture, exterior paint, face, fast-dye, flat coat, flat wash, flavor, floor enamel, fresco, fuchsine, garancine, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, ground, hue, illuminate, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, instill, interior paint, japan, lacquer, lake, lay on color, leaven, madder, medium, opaque color, paint, parget, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pigment, prime, prime coat, primer, priming, saturate, season, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smear, stain, steep, stipple, suffuse, temper, tempera, thinner, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, transfuse, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, vehicle, wash, wash coat, whitewash, woad

ROGET THESAURUS

dye

Color

N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined, color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

VB color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.