dyed

«dyed» in Mova's school dictionary: Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (dye, dyes, dyed, dyeing); adjective (dyed)

meaning for a pupil

1) (past of dye) Changed the colour of something with a dye (a colouring liquid or powder): She dyed her hair purple. tree →

2) (adjective) Having a colour put on with dye: dyed wool. tree →

3) «dyed-in-the-wool» = fixed and never changing in your opinions: a dyed-in-the-wool football fan. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art and science children dye eggs, T-shirts and fabric and learn how colours soak in; in everyday life people dye their hair. Phrases: «dyed her hair», «tie-dyed T-shirt», «dyed-in-the-wool».

examples

• We dyed eggs with onion skins for the spring fair. tree →
• My aunt dyed her hair bright red. tree →
• We made tie-dyed T-shirts in art class. tree →
• The wool was dyed blue with plants. tree →
• His dyed-in-the-wool love of rugby never changes. tree →
• The red sock dyed all my white shirts pink in the wash. tree →
• She dyed her red hair black, and painted her face. tree →

note

Homophone trap: «dyed» (coloured) sounds the same as «died» (stopped living). Dye → dyed → dyeing (keep the e so it is not «dying», which comes from «die»).

In the corpora

• and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;
• And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.
• and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;
• And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
• and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dyed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.