Definition

1. Noun:
   • The process or industry of coloring materials, especially textiles, using a dye: "Dyeing" refers to the act, craft, or industrial process of applying colorants to a substrate to give it a new, permanent color.
   • An instance of this process: It can also refer to a specific act or batch of coloring.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The ancient art of fabric dyeing uses natural pigments from plants and insects.
  • After several dyeings, the old shirt was a deep, vibrant blue.
  • She works in the dyeing department of the textile factory.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in the dyeing": (idiomatic, rare) To be in the process of being fundamentally changed or colored, often metaphorically.
  • His worldview was in the dyeing, influenced by his travels.

Variants and Related Words

• Dye (noun/verb): The colorant substance itself, or the act of applying it.
  • She bought a blue dye for the project.
  • He will dye his hair.
• Dyed (adjective): Having been colored by dye.
  • A dyed wool sweater.
• Dyer (noun): A person whose job is to dye things.
  • The master dyer created beautiful colors.

Synonyms

• Coloring: Imparting color.
• Staining: Imparting color, often with a connotation of penetration or permanence.
• Tinting: Adding a shade of color, often lighter or less permanent than dyeing.

Related Phrases

• "Dyed in the wool" (idiom): Holding beliefs or habits that are deeply ingrained and unlikely to change.
  • He's a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist when it comes to music.

Noun

1. the use of dye to change the color of something permanently