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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#m1)

2) (adjective) Having a colour put on with dye: dyed wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#m2)

3) «dyed-in-the-wool» = fixed and never changing in your opinions: a dyed-in-the-wool football fan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x1)
- My aunt dyed her hair bright red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x2)
- We made tie-dyed T-shirts in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x3)
- The wool was dyed blue with plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x4)
- His dyed-in-the-wool love of rugby never changes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x5)
- The red sock dyed all my white shirts pink in the wash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x6)
- She dyed her red hair black, and painted her face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/#x7)

### 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;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.705/)
- [And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.754/)
- [and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1053/)
- [And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1101/)
- [and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1217/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dyed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.