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TIE-DYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tie-dye mean? 

TIE-DYE (verb)
  The verb TIE-DYE has 1 sense:

1. dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular patternplay

  Familiarity information: TIE-DYE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIE-DYE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The flower children tie-dye their T-shirts

Hypernyms (to "tie-dye" is one way to...):

hand-dye (dye by hand)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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