English > dye: 2 senses > noun 1, substanceMeaning | A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. |
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Synonym | dyestuff |
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Parts | chromophore | The chemical group that gives color to a molecule |
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Narrower | Kendal green, Kendal | A green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant |
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Tyrian purple | A red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically |
acid dye | dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion |
alizarin yellow | Any of various yellow dyes |
anil, indigo, indigotin | A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically |
aniline dye | Any of many dyes made from aniline |
azo dye | Any dye containing one or more azo groups |
basic dye, basic color, basic colour | A dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion |
bluing, blueing, blue | Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge |
bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein | A dye used as an acid-base indicator |
bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue | A dye used as an acid-base indicator |
cochineal | A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects |
cyanine dye | Any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen |
direct dye, substantive dye | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) |
fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein | A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted |
fluorochrome | Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens |
hair dye, hair coloring, tint | A dye or tint for the hair |
lac dye | scarlet dye like cochineal |
lead acetate, sugar of lead | A poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton / cotton and in making enamels / enamels / enamels and varnishes |
orchil, archil, cudbear | A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens |
quercitron | A yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree |
radiopaque dye | dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation |
safranine, safranin, saffranine | Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes |
vat dye, vat color | A water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material |
woad | A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant |
Broader | coloring material, colouring material, color, colour | Any material used for its color |
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Spanish | colorante, color, tinte, tintura |
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Catalan | colorant, color, tint |
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Verbs | dye | color with dye |
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