Definitions for dyes

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dyes dye

Spelling: [dahy]

IPA: /daɪ/

Dyes is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in dyes (desy).

Definitions for dyes

noun

1. a coloring material or matter.
2. a liquid containing coloring matter, for imparting a particular hue to cloth, paper, etc.
3. color or hue, especially as produced by dyeing.

Idioms

1. of the deepest / blackest dye, of the most extreme or the worst sort:

verb (used with object)

1. to color or stain; treat with a dye; color (cloth, hair, etc.) with a substance containing coloring matter:
2. to impart (color) by means of a dye:

verb (used without object)

1. to impart color, as a dye:
2. to become colored or absorb color when treated with a dye:

Origin of dyes

before 1000; Middle English dien, Old English dēagian, derivative of dēag a dye

Examples for dyes

To get Uggie to look like the other two dogs, handlers bathed him in a dye that turned his coat white for several months.

They dye their hair and alter their clothes, but not enough to attract attention from authorities.

Judd Apatow is the one who famously had you dye your hair red for your breakout role in Superbad.

“However, the dye job takes about five hours, and costs at least 600 yuan,” or nearly $100, says one employee.

Fame came only after Cohn pressured her to diet, dye her hair, cap her teeth, and change her name.

You can't see his face for his whiskers, and can't see his whiskers for the dye upon 'em.

They dye them different colours, and cloath themselves therewith.

To dye gloves to look like York tan or Limerick, put some saffron into a pint of water boiling hot, and let it infuse all night.

For verily, it is as ridiculous to dye the hair white as to dye it black.

Dry a small piece of the lining to see whether the colour is deep enough; and if approved, put it in and wash it in the dye.