Definition of Dyeing

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

Generic synonyms: Coloring, Colouring
Specialized synonyms: Staining
Derivative terms: Dye

Definition of Dyeing

1. n. The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Definition of Dyeing

1. Verb. (present participle of dye) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dyeing

1. something colored with a dye [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyeing

dye-house
dye-works
dye dilution technique
dye exclusion test
dye in the wool
dye laser
dye pack
dyeabilities
dyeability
dyeable
dyed
dyed-in-the-wool
dyed in the wool
dyehouse
dyehouses
dyeing (current term)
dyeings
dyeless
dyelike
dyeline
dyelines
dyer
dyer's-broom
dyer's greenweed
dyer's mignonette
dyer's rocket
dyer's weed
dyer's woad
dyer's woodruff
dyeries

Literary usage of Dyeing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"The principal theories of the process of dyeing are two in number—namely (1) ... In accordance with the first, the dyeing of wool and silk with basic and ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"THE accuracy and value of the laboratory dyeing test of the natural organic ... Some hold that the dyeing test is only of value where the dyestuff is to be ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"When the groat variety of processes employed in dyeing Is taken into ... The use of chemical substances in dyeing was held necessary only to dilate the ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The dyeing ol cotton. Cotton is dyed chiefly in the form of hanks or ... The dyeing of cotton on the spool, cop or beam is, however, rapidly extending. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Fibres taken from different portions of the same fleece also vary somewhat in dyeing properties ; and wool taken from the skin of animals slaughtered for ..."

6. Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling Apparatus: Explanations, Formulae, and ...by Eugen Hausbrand by Eugen Hausbrand (1903)
"Structure and Chemistry of the Cotton Fibre—Scouring and Bleaching of Cotton—dyeing Machinery and dyeing Manipulations—Principles and Practice of Cotton ..."

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