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“Die” or “Dye”

die / dye are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

die d·AY

  • nouna small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers.
  • nouna device used for shaping metal.
  • nouna cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods.
  • verbpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
  • verbsuffer or face the pain of death.
  • verbbe brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame.
  • verbfeel indifferent towards.
  • verblanguish as with love or desire.
  • verbcut or shape with a die.
  • verbto be on base at the end of an inning, of a player.
  • verblose sparkle or bouquet.
  • verbdisappear or come to an end.
  • verbsuffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense).

dye d·AY

  • nouna usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
  • verbcolor with dye.
Usage

Examples in context

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“die”

  • Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die…
  • …the production of the film Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika, in which…
  • …Cross nurse and an Anzac soldier which climaxes in the European…
  • Patients may also die post-surgery from infection if the…
  • …happen and how did Townsend die this time.
  • Doomed to Die
  • …Myself And I Want To Die (instead it would be called…
  • Patients may also die from failed surgery, or abrupt…
  • Die Statocyste der Heteropoden.
  • …Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf…

“dye”

  • The first azo dye was aniline yellow.
  • In such foods, both the dye and reducing agents are incorporated…
  • Synthetic dye industry
  • …use of aniline in the dye industry is as a precursor…
  • …the legacy of the synthetic dye industry, built via aniline dyes…
  • …the evolution of a massive dye industry in Germany.
  • …them to test a related dye, Brilliant Blue G (also known…
  • …an antibacterial a red azo dye, introduced in 1935 as the…
  • …or 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, is a purple dye used in histology for the…
  • The dye is poorly absorbed from the…

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