dye
dye (dī)
noun
- color produced in a substance by saturating it with a coloring agent; tint; hue
- any substance used to give color to fabric, hair, etc.; coloring matter or a solution containing it
Etymology: ME deie < OE deag, akin to OHG tougal, dark, secret < IE *dhwek-, dark color, secret < base *dheu-: see dull
transitive verb dyed, dyeing dye′·ing
Etymology: ME deien < OE deagian
intransitive verb
of (the) deepest dye
Converse of object
- inject: Diagnosis: A dye injected into the blood allows the flow through coronary arteries to be viewed by x-ray.
Adjective modifier
- azo: Research has involved optimization of conditions for degradation and studies of the biochemical mechanisms by which complex azo dyes are degraded.
- fluorescent: By using fluorescent dyes, slices no longer have to be collected using a sharpened blade.
- reactive: The campers explored the ways to dye textiles using the demonstration dyeing machines and produced their own tie-dyed t-shirts using reactive dyes.
- radio-opaque: Intravascular injection ( should be prevented by checking the needle position with radio-opaque dye ).
- indigo: They age beautifully, work harmoniously together and the indigo dye, which creates all the ranges of blue, even preserves the wool.
- synthetic: Dyers bring color into their work using natural or synthetic dyes.
Preposition: on
- silk: Wave of White Foam, Pale Turquoise and Green Silk dye on silk.
Modifies a noun
- sublimation: These are color dye sublimation printers, which are the best type for producing crystal clear results for your ID cards.
- penetrant: A dye penetrant test was carried out and the cracking was found to be much worse than was originally thought.
- terminator: The method of choice would be automated fluorescent dye terminator cycle sequencing.
- laser: In a dye laser, the active medium comprises of an organic dye dissolved in an organic solvent.
- ink: Their biased results show how much better their products are than dye inks.
Noun used with modifier
As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the tother say, 'Where sall we gang and dine to-day?' 'In behint yon auld fail dye, I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. 'His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet.'
