Word Meanings - DYE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool , to dye firmly; to imbue

Additional info about word: DYE

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool , to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne. Syn. -- See Stain.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DYE)

• Imbue
• Tinge
• dye
• stain
• impregnate
• inoculate
• ingrain
• affect
• infect
• Stain Dye
• color
• tinge
• slur
• shame
• paint
• blot
• soil
• sully
• discolor
• tarnish
• taint
• disgrace
• dishonor
• befoul
• blemish
• stigmatize
• Tinge Tincture
• tint
• shade
• flavor
• Color
• imbue
• Tint
• hue
• complexion

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DYE)

• Daub
• caricature
• misportray
• misrepresent
• misdelineate
• misdepict
• Purify
• wash
• cleanse
• absolve
• ornament
• decorate
• emblazon
• signalize
• honor

Related words: (words related to DYE)

• COLORMAN
  A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• INGRAIN
  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. 2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. --
• INFECTIOUSLY
  In an infectious manner. Shak.
• AFFECTION
  Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• AFFECTIBILITY
  The quality or state of being affectible.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• INFECTIVE
  Infectious. Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective power. Sir P. Sidney.
• AFFECTIVELY
  In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
• COLORATE
  Colored. Ray.
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• TAINTWORM
  A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
• CONTINGENT
  Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con-
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• REINFECT
  To infect again.
• CONCOLOR
  Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• WARBURG'S TINCTURE
  A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.
• REPAINT
  To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• DISINFECT
  To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.