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piece-dye

piece-dye verb: to dye (a finished fabric) after it has been woven or knitted, but before it is cut and sewn into finished products like garments.

Verb

piece-dye (third-person singular simple present piece-dyes, present participle piece-dyeing, simple past and past participle piece-dyed)

  1. (transitive) To dye (a finished fabric) after it has been woven or knitted, but before it is cut and sewn into finished products like garments.

Forms of piece-dye

third-person singular presentpiece-dyes
present participlepiece-dyeing
past participlepiece-dyed
pastpiece-dyed

Questions about piece-dye

What does piece-dye mean?
Piece-dye means to dye (a finished fabric) after it has been woven or knitted, but before it is cut and sewn into finished products like garments.
What part of speech is piece-dye?
Piece-dye is a verb.
What is the past tense of piece-dye?
The past tense of piece-dye is piece-dyed.

Words near piece-dye in the dictionary

  1. piece work
  2. piece worker
  3. piece workers
  4. piece-bag
  5. piece-bags
  6. piece-dye
  7. piece-dyed
  8. piece-dyeing
  9. piece-dyes
  10. piece-work
  11. piece-worker

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