dye

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dye [dye dyes dyed dyeing] verb, noun BrE [daɪ] NAmE [daɪ]
verb (dyes, dye·ing, dyed, dyed)
to change the colour of sth, especially by using a special liquid or substance
•~ sth to dye fabric
•~ sth + adj. She dyed her hair blonde.
see also ↑tie-dye
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English dēag (noun), dēagian (verb). The noun is not recorded from Old English to the late 16th cent., when it was re-formed from the verb.

Example Bank:
•dyed black hair
•to dye clothes/fabric/wool

 
noun countable, uncountable
a substance that is used to change the colour of things such as cloth or hair
•black dye
•hair dye
•natural/chemical/vegetable dyes

Word Origin:
Old English dēag (noun), dēagian (verb). The noun is not recorded from Old English to the late 16th cent., when it was re-formed from the verb.

Example Bank:
•The researchers injected a fluorescent dye into an area of a rat's brain.
•natural/chemical/vegetable dyes