DYEING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyeing mean? 

• DYEING (noun)
  The noun DYEING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DYEING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYEING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of dye to change the color of something permanently

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dyeing" is a kind of...):

coloring; colouring (the act or process of changing the color of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyeing"):

staining ((histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study)

Derivation:

dye (color with dye)

 Context examples 

Direct blue 6 is primarily used for the dyeing of textiles, leather and paper.

(Direct Blue 6, NCI Thesaurus)

Direct brown 95 is primarily used for the dyeing of textiles, leather and paper.

(Direct Brown 95, NCI Thesaurus)

Michler's ketone is used as a chemical intermediate in making dyes and pigments, particularly auramine derivatives, for dyeing paper, textiles, and leather.

(Michler's Ketone, NCI Thesaurus)

Direct black 38 is primarily used for the dyeing of textiles, leather and paper.

(CI Direct Black 38, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used as a mordant in textile dyeing and paper manufacture.

(Aluminum Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Building on previous work by the same team, the researchers designed inks which can be directly coated onto a polyester fabric in a simple dyeing process.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

In this dye system, iron acts as a mordant to hematoxylin rendering it insoluble, thereby allowing irreversible blue-black colored dyeing to the cell nucleus.

(Iron Hematoxylin Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel acetate is used in textile dyeing processes, in electroplating, and as a catalyst intermediate.

(Nickel Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadmium chloride is used in electroplating, printing, photocopying, dyeing, mirrors, vacuum tubes, lubricants, analytical chemistry and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The dyeing of the corpse’s hair must have been one of the most significant parts of the ritual.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)