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- [tahy dahy]
- /taɪ daɪ/
- /taɪ daɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahy dahy]
- /taɪ daɪ/
Definitions of tie-dye word
- verb with object tie-dye to dye (fabric) by tie-dyeing. 1
- abbreviation TIE-DYE tie-dyeing. 1
- noun tie-dye Informal. a fabric or garment dyed by tie-dyeing. 1
- noun tie-dye relating to tie-dying fabric 1
- noun tie-dye technique of coloured patterns on fabric 1
- verb tie-dye If a piece of cloth or a garment is tie-dyed, it is tied in knots and then put into dye, so that some parts become more deeply coloured than others. 0
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Origin of tie-dye
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tie-dye
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tie-dye popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Top questions with tie-dye
- tie-dye how to?
- tie-dye patterns how to?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with t
- Words starting with ti
- Words starting with tie
- Words starting with tied
- Words starting with tiedy
- Words starting with tiedye