as in to paint
to give color or a different color to
dyed her hair a startling red
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Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
The blood vessels in the brain could be seen when the dye was put on a mouse's scalp and viewed with a technique called laser speckle contrast imaging.
—Alison Snyder, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
The horse was a ginger and Byrne, who had to dye her hair for the part, was now also a ginger.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
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Noun
At the same time, the dye absorbs most light at wavelengths in the near-ultraviolet and blue spectrums and decreases the scattering of those types of light.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
The blood vessels in the brain could be seen when the dye was put on a mouse's scalp and viewed with a technique called laser speckle contrast imaging.
—Alison Snyder, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
Verb
And in 2016, pet shops in Guangdong were caught selling dogs dyed to look like miniature tigers.
—Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
The horse was a ginger and Byrne, who had to dye her hair for the part, was now also a ginger.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Dye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dye. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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