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“Dies” or “Dyes”

dies / dyes 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.

dies d·AY·z

  • 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).

dyes d·AY·z

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

Examples in context

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“dies”

  • …climaxes, too, each of which dies away into the gloom.
  • …Reporter: Cartoon Net exec Davidson dies at 38
  • …grandmother and last remaining relative dies, first-year high school student Yōtarō…
  • "Before the Talent Dies" (Henry Slesar)
  • …Cartoon Network Executive Jennifer Davidson Dies, 38
  • Cartoon Network SVP Jennifer Davidson Dies at 38
  • His wife Macha dies twelve days after they arrive…
  • Seeing this the criminal dies laughing as he was a…
  • …a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Sydney, dies after taking ecstasy at a
  • …first son born in Ireland, dies), and at Murbolg in Dál…

“dyes”

  • …while trying to modify synthetic dyes to treat African sleeping sickness,…
  • …dye industry, built via aniline dyes and extended via the related…
  • It used to make dyes.
  • Other aniline dyes followed, such as fuchsin, safranin,…
  • Category:Anthraquinone dyes
  • …to find similarly colored natural dyes that are as stable as…
  • In these dyes, the 2-sulfonic acid group is…
  • …for many, highly colorfast azo dyes – already with an expired…
  • …sought medical applications of its dyes.
  • Green fluorescent protein, lipophylic dyes or radioactively tagged amino acids)…

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