overdye

English

Alternative forms

  • over-dye

Etymology

From over- + dye.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To dye (something already coloured) with another colour.
    • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 111:
      To last more than a few days in the sunshine, the crushed logwood needed to be over-dyed on woad- or indigo-coloured fabric.
    • 2008 February 7, Eric Wilson, “A Gap Guy, Head to Toe”, in New York Times:
      There was a sweater dress in almost the same shade of blue as one shown at Doo.Ri; overdyed plaid shirts with contrasting plaid cuffs and collars for men like those at Duckie Brown; and lots of chunky knit gray cardigans like the ones popping up all over the place just not at the same prices.
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