dye Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
    dyestuff.
  2. verb color with dye
    • Please dye these shoes

WordNet

Dye transitive verb
Etymology
OE. deyan, dyen, AS. deágian.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dyed ; present participle & verbal noun Dyeing
Definitions
  1. To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
    Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench.
    The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock.
    He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.
    Syn. -- See Stain.
Dye noun
Definitions
  1. Color produced by dyeing.
  2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
Dye noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Die, a lot. Spenser.

Webster 1913