overdyeing

Verb

overdye (third-person singular simple present overdyes, present participle overdyeing, simple past and past participle overdyed)

1. (transitive) To dye (something already coloured) with another colour.
   • To last more than a few days in the sunshine, the crushed logwood needed to be over-dyed on woad- or indigo-coloured fabric.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 111
2. To dye too much.
   • Near-synonym: overcolor

   Synonyms:

   overcolor