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HAND-DYE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dye by hand

Example:

This fabric is hand-dyed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

dye (color with dye)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hand-dye"):

tie-dye (dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern)

batik (dye with wax)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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