dyeing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
• Homophone: dying

Verb

dyeing

1. present participle and gerund of dye

Noun

dyeing (plural dyeings)

1. The act by which something is dyed.
   • 1930, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Standards journal of research, volume 3, page 50:

     Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.

   • 2013, Lyn Parker, Pam Nilan, Adolescents in Contemporary Indonesia, page 52:

     In the traditional workshops of Surakarta, where the best quality batik tulis textiles are still created, low-paid women and girls use melted wax to meticulously hand-draw patterns before subsequent dyeings and rewaxings, […]

Derived terms

• space dyeing
• tie-dyeing

 

Anagrams

• Gidney, Yingde, dingey