I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dye your hair (blonde/red etc) (= change its colour, especially using chemicals )
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Craig has dyed his hair black.
hair dye
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The survey showed that 75% of women have used hair dye.
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■ NOUN
hair
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He was too conventional to use make-up but had no objection to skin-care products, eyelash or hair dye .
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Men use hair dye , too.
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The girl with the scissors had a washed-out look, she'd probably got nits crawling under her blonde hair dye .
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Around the world, millions of people use hair dyes .
■ VERB
use
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Amine groups are found in medicines and aromatic amines are used to make dyes .
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Men use hair dye , too.
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The effect of Ca 2+ concentration on the calmodulin modulation of channel activity was also measured using the neutral red dye assay.
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As one might suspect, using dirt as a dye is far more complicated than simply rolling around in the mud.
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Cheesemakers have already stopped using traditional dyes like carrot or beetroot juice because they've been banned.
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Around the world, millions of people use hair dyes .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carbonless paper coated with chemicals and dye which will produce copies without carbon paper.
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Dozens of eggs were boiled in bright red dye .
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Oil red O and fat red 7B are dyes that are commonly used to stain lipoproteins following electrophoresis. 184.
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Pots of dye always seemed to be boiling in the back room.
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You can even colour them by mixing a food dye into the half cup of water.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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So, since he is disappearing from sight, he has dyed his hair black, eyebrows, too.
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Under her starched cap the dyed dry hair was puffed out.
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He had thinning dyed hair plastered across the top of his head, and his clothes were loud, his hands fleshy.
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Women dye their hair only 5 percent more, reported the same hairdressers' study.
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She felt a sudden desire to dye her hair blonde and keep dyeing it every day so that the roots would never show.
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Many dye their hair blond, or use special makeup to lighten their skin.
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Marsh, did you ever think of dying your hair red?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm bored with this skirt. I'm going to dye it.
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She's dyed her hair red -- it looks so unnatural.
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Wool and silk are the materials that are easiest to dye .
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The shorts were dyed pink to deter their theft by jail inmates.
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The soles of her feet were dyed with henna, making a brown sandal.