1. a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
2. color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

Similar Words: dyestuff

Hyponyms: acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, azo dye, basic dye, bluing, blueing, blue, bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue, cochineal, cyanine dye, direct dye, substantive dye, fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein, fluorochrome, hair dye, hair coloring, Kendal green, Kendal, lac dye, lead acetate, sugar of lead, orchil, archil, cudbear, quercitron, radiopaque dye, safranine, safranin, saffranine, Tyrian purple, vat dye, vat color, woad, bronze, stain, deep-dye, impress, yarn-dye, tint, tinct, bepaint, tinge, touch, imbue, hue, fast dye, double dye, hand dye, piece-dye

Derivational Morphology: dyer, dyeing, dyestuff