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counterdye

counterdye verb: to dye with a counteracting stain.

Verb

counterdye (third-person singular simple present counterdyes, present participle counterdyeing, simple past and past participle counterdyed)

  1. To dye with a counteracting stain.

Forms of counterdye

third-person singular presentcounterdyes
present participlecounterdyeing
past participlecounterdyed
pastcounterdyed

Origin of counterdye

From counter- + dye.

Questions about counterdye

What does counterdye mean?
Counterdye means to dye with a counteracting stain.
What part of speech is counterdye?
Counterdye is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterdye?
The past tense of counterdye is counterdyed.

Words near counterdye in the dictionary

  1. counterdrew
  2. counterdrive
  3. counterdrives
  4. counterdrone
  5. counterdrug
  6. counterdye
  7. counterdyed
  8. counterdyeing
  9. counterdyes
  10. counterearth
  11. countereconomic

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