dye
/daɪ/noun
उच्चारण डाइ
रंग, रंजक
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Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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[C, U]
a substance that is used to change the colour of hair, cloth
रंग, रंजक
- natural dyes from indigo
- The craftsmen dipped the cotton cloth in a dye made from pomegranate peel.
- The shopkeeper sells natural dye made from turmeric.
+ 2 more examples
- Textile workers washed the cloth to remove the extra dye.
- She used a black dye to cover the grey in her hair.
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[T] ~ sth (+ adj.)
to change the colour of something, especially by using a special liquid or substance
रंगना
- She dyed her saree blue.
- Radhika dyed her dupatta yellow for the festival.
- Our teacher showed us how to dye cloth with onion skins.
+ 2 more examples
- He dyed his old shirt dark green.
- The children dyed eggs for the spring festival.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dye + object + colour
As a verb, dye means to change the colour of hair or cloth. Put the colour at the end.
क्रिया के रूप में 'dye' का अर्थ बाल या कपड़े का रंग बदलना है; रंग वाक्य के अंत में आता है।
- Radhika dyed the scarf blue.
- He dyes his hair black.
dye with + substance
Use with for the thing that gives the colour.
रंग देने वाली वस्तु के लिए 'with' आता है।
- Women in the village dye cloth with turmeric and indigo.
dye vs die / dyeing vs dying
Dye (dyed, dyeing) is about colour. Die (died, dying) is about life ending. Dyeing keeps the e.
'Dye' (dyed, dyeing) रंग से संबंधित है; 'die' (died, dying) जीवन समाप्त होने से। 'Dyeing' में e बना रहता है।
- She is dyeing the cloth, while the old tree is dying.
a dye (noun) / natural dye
As a noun, a dye is a substance used to colour something. It is countable for types and uncountable for the material.
संज्ञा के रूप में dye रंगने वाला पदार्थ है; प्रकारों के लिए countable और सामग्री के लिए uncountable है।
- Natural dyes come from flowers, roots and bark.
+Collocations 5
dye + object
hairclothwoola sareeeggs
- She dyed the wool a deep red.
adjective + dye
naturalchemicalvegetablesyntheticpermanent
- The shop sells natural vegetable dyes.
dye + noun
bathshopstainpowdercolour
- The kurta had a faint dye stain.
dye + preposition
dye with hennadye in vatsdye in bright coloursdye by hand
- The cloth was dyed by hand in bright colours.
dye + adverb
dye evenlydye deeplydye a bright colourdye by hand
- The cloth was dyed evenly in a deep indigo.
“More examples 6
- The weavers of Jaipur dye their cloth with natural colours.
जयपुर के बुनकर अपने कपड़े को प्राकृतिक रंगों से रंगते हैं।
- My grandmother dyed her hair with henna.
मेरी दादी ने अपने बाल मेहंदी से रंगे।
- At Holi, the dye on our clothes did not wash out.
होली पर हमारे कपड़ों पर लगा रंग धोने से नहीं निकला।
- The factory was fined for letting dye flow into the river.
कारखाने पर नदी में रंग बहाने देने के लिए जुर्माना लगाया गया।
- Radhika dyed her white dupatta pink for the wedding.
राधिका ने विवाह के लिए अपना सफेद दुपट्टा गुलाबी रंग में रंगा।
- The river turned red from the dye released by the factory.
कारखाने से छोड़े गए रंग से नदी लाल हो गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She is dying her hair black.
✓ She is dyeing her hair black.
Dying is from die; for colouring use dyeing.
'Dying' 'die' से बना है; रंगने के लिए 'dyeing' लिखें।
✗ She dyed her hair by henna.
✓ She dyed her hair with henna.
The substance used is introduced by with.
प्रयुक्त पदार्थ 'with' से बताया जाता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all put colour on something, in different ways.
ये क्रियाएँ किसी चीज़ पर रंग चढ़ाने के अलग-अलग तरीके हैं।
To change the colour of cloth or hair by soaking it in a liquid.
कपड़े या बालों को द्रव में भिगोकर उनका रंग बदलना।
- She dyed the cloth blue.
To put colour on a surface with a brush.
ब्रश से किसी सतह पर रंग लगाना।
- He painted the gate green.
To colour something, often by accident, so it is hard to remove.
किसी चीज़ को रंगना, प्रायः गलती से, जिससे रंग हटाना कठिन हो।
- Ink stained her shirt.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone and spelling, asked very often: dye (colour; dyeing keeps the e) and die (stop living; dying changes ie to y).
Homophone और spelling में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: dye (रंग; dyeing में e बना रहता है) और die (मरना; dying में ie बदलकर y)।
Keep the pair: dyeing (colouring cloth) and dying (losing life).
जोड़ी याद रखिए: dyeing (कपड़ा रंगना) और dying (मरते हुए)।
Keep the colour words together: dye, pigment (a substance that gives colour), stain, tint (a pale shade).
रंग के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dye, pigment (रंग देने वाला पदार्थ, वर्णक), stain, tint (हल्का रंग)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
India was famous for natural dyes such as indigo (neel); the Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Gandhi's first in India, was about the forced cultivation of indigo by British planters.
भारत नील जैसे प्राकृतिक रंगों के लिए प्रसिद्ध था; चंपारण सत्याग्रह (1917), भारत में गांधी का पहला सत्याग्रह, ब्रिटिश बागान मालिकों द्वारा नील की जबरन खेती के विरुद्ध था।