dye
Yarn colored with dye. The yarn has been dyed.
Meanings
Noun
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
- Alternate spelling of die
Verb
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
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Origin
- From Middle English deie, from Old English dēah, dēag, from Proto-Germanic *daugō ("colour, shade"), from *dauganą, *dug-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ("to smoke, raise dust, camouflage").
- Cognate with Old High German tougan ("dark, secretive"), tougal, Old English dēagol, dīegle, Old English dohs, dox. See dusk.
- The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English dēagian, from the noun.
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