Dye

Noun

 * 1) A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

Synonyms

 * colourant
 * tincture

Verb

 * 1)  to colour with dye

Synonyms

 * tint, stain, shade, streak

Noun

 * 1) * 1748. David Hume.  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 46.
 * If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;
 * If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;

Adjectives
angry; synthetic; crimson; vegetable; progressive; autumnal.

Thesaurus
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

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: die, Di, Dai, daye
 * Homophones: die, Di, Dai, daye
 * Homophones: die, Di, Dai, daye

Etymology 1
From deie:, from  deag:, from, from , from , from. Cognate with tougan:, tougal:,  deagol:, diegle:,  dohs:, dox:. See.

Noun

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: صبغة
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 染料
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 染料
 * Malay: pewarna
 * Polish: barwnik,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: фарба
 * Roman: farba
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: రంగు పదార్థం (raMgu padaarthaM)

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: صبغ
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian:, боядисвам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 染める
 * Manx: daaghey
 * Persian:
 * Polish: barwić, farbować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: фарбати, офарбати
 * Roman: farbati, ofarbati
 * Spanish:, tinturar
 * Telugu: రంగు అద్దు (raMgu addu)

Derived terms

 * dyeable
 * dyed-in-the-wool
 * dye-house
 * dye-line


 * dyer
 * dyery
 * dyester
 * dyestuff
 * dyewood/dye-wood

Anagrams

 * dey Dey

Etymology
From dieu:.

Noun

 * 1) god