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dye

UK/daɪ/ US/ˈdaɪ/ fairly common
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

color with dye

  • “Please dye these shoes”

noun

1.

a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

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Origin

From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“color, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.

Phrases

  • dye job Terms derived from "dye" (noun)
  • dye pack Terms derived from "dye" (noun)
  • dye tracer Terms derived from "dye" (noun)
  • of the deepest dye Terms derived from "dye" (noun)
  • purple dye murex Terms derived from "dye" (noun)
  • tie and dye Terms derived from "dye" (noun)

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