dye in the wool — To dye (the wool) before spinning, to give a more permanent result (dyed in the wool adjective (figurative) (too) fixed in one s opinions or attitudes) • • • Main Entry: ↑dye dye in the wool 1. To dye (wool) before spinning 2. See also ↑dye1 • •… … Useful english dictionary
dye|a|ble — «DY uh buhl», adjective. that can be dyed: »New dyeable and printable surfaces are being grafted, through radiation, onto slick finish, heat resistant plastics (Wall Street Journal) … Useful english dictionary
dye — /daɪ / (say duy) noun 1. a colouring material or matter. 2. a liquid containing colouring matter for imparting a particular hue to cloth, etc. 3. colour or hue, especially as produced by dyeing. –verb (dyed, dyeing) –verb (t) 4. to colour or… …
dye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fabric, food, hair, etc. ▪ chemical, synthetic ▪ natural, organic … Collocations dictionary
dye — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a substance you use to change the colour of your clothes, hair etc: hair dye 2 dye job informal someone who has had a dye job has used a substance to change the colour of their hair 2 verb dyes, dyed, dyeing (T) to give something… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dye — I n. 1) to apply dye to 2) natural; synthetic dyes II v. (N; used with an adjective) she dyed the dress blue * * * [daɪ] synthetic dyes (N; used with an adjective) she dyed the dress blue natural to apply dye to … Combinatory dictionary
dye — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dehe, from Old English dēah, dēag Date: before 12th century 1. color from dyeing 2. a soluble or insoluble coloring matter II. verb (dyed; dyeing) Date: before 12th century … New Collegiate Dictionary
dye — noun a natural or synthetic substance used to colour something. verb (dyes, dyeing, dyed) colour with dye. Phrases dyed in the wool unchanging in a particular belief. [with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed when raw, producing a more even… … English new terms dictionary
adjective — adjectively, adv. /aj ik tiv/, n. 1. Gram. any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns, as good, wise … Universalium
adjective — ad•jec•tive [[t]ˈædʒ ɪk tɪv[/t]] n. 1) gram. a member of a class of words functioning as modifiers of nouns, typically by describing, delimiting, or specifying quantity, as nice in a nice day, other in other people, or all in all dogs, and in… … From formal English to slang