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tie-dye definition

tie·-dye (tī′dī′)

noun

  1. a method of dyeing designs on cloth or thread by tightly tying bunches of it as with waxed thread so that the dye affects only exposed parts
  2. cloth so decorated or a design so made

transitive verb tie-dyed -·dyed′, tie-dyeing -·dye′ing

to dye in this way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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