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DYEING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of dye to change the color of something permanently
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dyeing" is a kind of...):
coloring; colouring (the act or process of changing the color of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyeing"):
staining ((histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study)
Derivation:
dye (color with dye)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb dye
Context examples:
When asked if women should stop dyeing or straightening their hair, Sandler said, "We are exposed to many things that could potentially contribute to breast cancer, and it is unlikely that any single factor explains a woman’s risk.
(Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk, National Institutes of Health)
And he proposed further, that by employing spiders, the charge of dyeing silks should be wholly saved; whereof I was fully convinced, when he showed me a vast number of flies most beautifully coloured, wherewith he fed his spiders, assuring us that the webs would take a tincture from them; and as he had them of all hues, he hoped to fit everybody’s fancy, as soon as he could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistence to the threads.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable dyeing of polyester fabric.
(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)
The excavations have led to the discovery of almost 100 bodies and have enabled researchers to identify a number of fascinating funeral rituals, such as the practice of dyeing the corpse’s hair red, the deliberate placing of bodies in the middle of the cave, the use of ceramic elements in such rituals, and a practice called trepanation where a hole is drilled into the skull.
(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)
