Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

dye

[dahy] / daɪ /
NOUN
coloring agent
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
bleach whitener


VERB
change color with mixture
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

HHS’ headquarters was decked out for the event with red, white and blue lighting and posters depicting artificial food dye as a monster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The researchers compare this arrangement to chocolate chips embedded in a cookie, while organic dye molecules covering the outside resemble icing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Food and Drug Administration, which asked companies to more quickly remove red dye No. 3 — a similar synthetic food coloring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Daniel stands up and hands the dye back to me.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Traditionally, Japanese convenience stores have also required workers to adhere to relatively conservative dress codes, including bans on certain hair dyes and large earrings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In-N-Out Burger this week announced several menu changes in line with a recent push to reduce use of artificial dyes and processed ingredients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

She marked the cells with different fluorescent dyes and then isolated those that reacted to activin.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

But they bought more chewing gum, mouthwash and hair dyes - products that counter common GLP-1 side effects like thinning hair and bad breath.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Chemistry was, generally speaking, a science for businesspeople, for those who worked with coal and potash and dyes, and not gentlemen, who tended to be drawn to geology, natural history, and physics.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Everyone thought, since I was about eight, that I dyed my hair," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The company stopped short of saying whether artificially dyed M&M’s will disappear from shelves after that time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Plus a flower shop next door called Verdant that has flowers I’ve genuinely never seen anywhere else: pink sunflowers that aren’t dyed, just extraordinary things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

I’ve never known anyone my age who dyed their hair, though.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

"Some start wearing shorter skirts or dyeing their hair. Once people begin expressing themselves, it affects a system where everyone is supposed to think and move together."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Unlike conventional textiles, where color is applied through dyeing, sea silk generates its golden hue from the arrangement of proteins within the fiber itself.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

Launching into the world of modeling soon after, she divorced her husband and made a history-defining decision: dyeing her brown hair platinum blonde.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Perhaps the translation is off, or maybe something else needs tinkering; dyeing her hair Nora’s exact shade of brown doesn’t help, nor does attempting to do the film in a Norwegian accent.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

“I’m dyeing some of Dudley’s old things gray for you. It’ll look just like everyone else’s when I’ve finished.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training