Definitions
A substance used to color fabric, hair, or other material.
Word origin
From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“color, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Color fabric”3 letters
02“Coloring agent”3 letters
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