dyed
/daɪd/
dyed is the simple past and past participle of dye.
dyed is the obsolete spelling of died.
Meaning of dye
Verb
dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing or (now nonstandard) dying, simple past and past participle dyed)
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
- You look different. Have you had your hair dyed?
Adjective
dyed (comparative more dyed, superlative most dyed)
- Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
- Gon. That our Garments being (as they were) drencht in the Sea, hold notwithſtanding their freſhneſſe and gloſſes, being rather new dy'de then ſtain'd with ſalte water.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Girded with girdles vpon their loynes, exceeding in dyed attire vpon their heads, all of them princes to looke to, after the maner of the Babylonians of Caldea, the land of their natiuitie:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:15
Forms of dyed
| comparative | more dyed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dyed |
Words formed from dyed
Phrases with dyed
Words that rhyme with dyed
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about dyed
- What does dyed mean?
- Dyed means coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
- What is dyed the simple past and past participle of?
- Dyed is the simple past and past participle of dye.
- What part of speech is dyed?
- Dyed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dyed?
- Dyed is pronounced /daɪd/.
Words near dyed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dyed (page history and authors); dye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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