dye

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

   “While the yarn is soaking in its water and vinegar bath, I prepare a selection of dyes for my preferred colorway. Isolate each dye in its own jar and place it in the larger dyepot.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Any hue or color.
3. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of die (“a cube used in games of chance”).

   “The Superficies was compoſed of ſeveral bits of Wood, about the bigneſs of a Dye, but ſome larger than others.”

   “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;”

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

   “You look different. Have you had your hair dyed?”

   “If indeed sharks were inclined to eat people, the world's oceans would be dyed crimson with the blood of millions.”

   “From there, customization simply becomes a matter of crafting trims at a smithing table, then dyeing them “using gems and ingots like diamonds, copper, and netherite.””

   “I found this 4-500 Mesh Nylon Strainer Flour Sieve handy and budget-friendly, especially for those who dye often and want to keep solids out of their pots effortlessly.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, United States.