dye
noun
a coloring material or matter.
are dyeing
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present progressiveof dye.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some women are dyeing their hair pink or blue.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
It doesn’t matter what specific steps we take—whether we are dyeing our hair to score the picture-perfect husband or competing with a colleague for the prestigious assignment.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2017
Merman guys are dyeing their hair and beards all sorts of oceanic colors.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2015
Taking even greater lib erties, the furriers are dyeing skins col ors nature never dreamed of, and in patterns taken right off the walls of an Op-Pop gallery.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we think we are dyeing a garment red, it is not we who are doing it at all.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
