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to dye

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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to dye

    • She wants to dye her hair.

  2. verb

    to contaminate

    • Don't let the virus infect you.

  3. verb

    to catch (a disease)

    • He has caught a cold.

  4. verb

    to acquire (bad habits etc)

    • He picked up bad habits.

  5. verb

    to add color washes to a painting

    • She likes dyeing her hair.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Dyeing is soaking wood in water so the color seeps into each wood fiber.

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