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Main Entry:	dye [dahy] Show IPA/daɪ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	coloring agent
Synonyms:	color, colorant, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint
Antonyms:	bleach, whitener

Main Entry:	color
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	pigment, shade
Synonyms:	blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash
Notes:	color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color

Main Entry:	color
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make pigmented; shade
Synonyms:	adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash
Antonyms:	discolor, pale, whiten

Example Sentences

Scientists have found more evidence for a possible link between non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and long-term use of dark hair dye.

We heard an entertaining speech by an author of best-selling zombie books and a student speaker who spoke about tie dye.

The more dye molecules there are, the more light is lost.

Scientists have found more evidence for a possible link between non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and long-term use of dark hair dye.

We heard an entertaining speech by an author of best-selling zombie books and a student speaker who spoke about tie dye.

The more dye molecules there are, the more light is lost.

When the fabric is placed in a dye vat, the color will not permeate the areas that have been permeated with wax.

In addition to a layer of metal, the media includes a thin layer of dye.

To identify which kind of nerve was connected to the bumps, she injected a dye into the nerve itself.

We loved them in the garden, and now purple carrots are being put to use as natural dye.

Technicians would mix it with aptamers that are attached to a fluorescent dye.

Dye remover is a chemical used to remove dye stains.

Pointing a laser at the sample causes the first dye to become excited and emit energy.

Navajo people obtained a yellow dye from the flower heads.

Scientists injected a radioactive dye into my left arm, which felt warm and tingly as it coursed toward my brain.

Some fishers dye baits blue to make them harder for birds to see.

She stained the nucleus of each cell blue with a less remarkable dye.

Dye remover poisoning occurs when someone swallows this substance.

These, in turn, are tagged with dye molecules that show up purple under a microscope.

Purchasing green clothing reduces toxic chemical and dye exposure while lessening a family's carbon footprint.

The tiny particles also contained a few thousand fluorescent dye molecules.

He planted indigo, a crop much in demand for making blue dye.

Henna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days.

Dye fumes thicken the air, as floral designs are heat-pressed into the fabric.

Oil is used in paint to help fix the dye and help it adhere to a surface.

After fluorescent dye is injected into the tissue, the scope's laser sends photons to illuminate the neurons.

Hair dye poisoning occurs when someone swallows dye or tint used to color hair.

The marker chemical is composed of a fluorescent dye and an antibody that sticks to specific targets.

The trade- off is the amount of dye the product deposits, which may mean frequent coloring.

Fabric dye and fabric paint are therefore not the same thing.

The waxed areas preserve the color of the dye last used.

In all the world wages fall, unemployment rise and excluded dye.

Source of the country's name, it was originally harvested for timber and dye and is now used to make violin bows.

The dye flows through the catheter into the kidney artery.

At first, he used his fingers to spread dye from the prison factory over empty food packets.

Dye tracing, so far, has been inconclusive in finding a source of this river.

X-ray images are taken as the dye moves through the blood vessels.

In people with kidney problems, the dye may have toxic effects on the kidneys.

Let your doctor know if you have ever had an allergic reaction to injected contrast dye.

Next the mouth is rinsed with the dye suspended in a solution containing ethyl alcohol and acetic acid.

The patient cried out and clenched her fists as the seeping dye irritated the already angry nerve endings at the breach.

Cloth dye poisoning occurs when someone swallows large amounts of these substances.

There are some gorgeous ombre dye ones there that are a bit expensive.

It also suggested that banks use dye packs and serialised currency.

Atkinson suggested using colored smoke or by flushing dye down a toilet with a discharge pipe that could be monitored elsewhere.

Some pretty bad stuff was used in the dye and the glue.

Early settlers extracted a yellow dye for cloth from the root bark.

Konarka's technology replaces silicon with dye polymer plastics that transform any kind of light into electrical energy.

The basic process of batik involves creating designs in wax in order to prohibit dye from coloring the cloth in those areas.

These bands can be colored with a radioactive dye to make them visible to imaging techniques.

One of the best mediators he has found, known as neutral red, is a common dye once used in food coloring.

Water use, dye impact and fair trade have all become issues in producing organic jeans.

While this natural dye is harmless, man-made pollution clouds the.

With the third injection, the dye flowed into the disk and started dribbling out through a tear.

Navy developed a life jacket which gave off a dye and chemicals that were supposed to repel and confuse feeding sharks.

They put her on oxygen in the hospital but that day they did the dye test and found out the info the sent her home w/out.

In private, elegant women have their bodies painted with a fragrant black dye made.

For all the test flowers, color-coded dye was added their pollen to help track its movement.

One can, for example, make a blue dye out of blueberry extract or synthetic pigments.

X-rays are taken as the dye moves through the blood vessels.

Fluorescein angiography is an eye test that uses a special dye and camera to look at blood flow in the retina and choroid.

Savage and her team use brightly colored, nontoxic hair dye to identify individual monkeys.

There is a chance of an allergic reaction to the dye, even if you have received contrast dye in the past without any problem.

To figure that out, he and his team squirted green dye in front of jellyfish to make the movement of water around them visible.

In oral cholecystography the patient takes a tablet containing a dye the night before the test.

The dye fills the gallbladder, and x-ray images are taken the next day.

Exotic spices piled high, the clink of the metalworkers' tools, the famous dye vats of the.

If they didn't add dye to the meat, it would be gray.

The dye helps the radiologist see certain areas more clearly.

In oral cholecystography, the patient takes a tablet containing a dye the night before the test.

Main Entry:	hue
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	color, shade
Synonyms:	aspect, cast, chroma, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value

Main Entry:	paint
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tinted covering
Synonyms:	acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, flat, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax

Main Entry:	paint
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	apply colored tint, often to make design
Synonyms:	brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash
Antonyms:	strip

Main Entry:	pigment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	color, shade
Synonyms:	colorant, coloring, coloring matter, dye, dyestuff, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint
Antonyms:	colorlessness

Main Entry:	redden
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	blush, make rosy
Synonyms:	bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red
Antonyms:	lighten, pale

Main Entry:	stain
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	spot of dirt, blot, bar
Synonyms:	black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, ink spot, mottle, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint
Antonyms:	blank, cleanliness

* = informal/non-formal usage
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