Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To dye again.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

re- +‎ dye

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word redye.

Examples

  • They basically had the ability to map that shade to a point in colourspace in their heads, imagine the point that the dyed thread was meant to be at, figure out from that exactly how far it needed to be "shifted" in each dimension, and calculate how much of what particular dye they'd need to achieve that with a redye.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • They basically had the ability to map that shade to a point in colourspace in their heads, imagine the point that the dyed thread was meant to be at, figure out from that exactly how far it needed to be "shifted" in each dimension, and calculate how much of what particular dye they'd need to achieve that with a redye.

    Creative Control - Part 5 Hal Duncan 2009

  • We unravel old nomadic tents—usually from the border of Kurdish Iraq and Turkey—and respin the wools and redye them using natural dyes.

    Rug Expert Ben Solemeini 2011

  • You can always visit your fashion ally, the shoemaker, and redye it to a more sensible color after the wedding.

    The Shopping Diet Phillip Bloch 2010

  • If you really want to redye a jacket -- or those gloves -- get ready to pay dearly; leather-repair experts are likely to charge $100 or more to redye your jacket.

    Proper Care for Leather 2009

  • "Oh, someone made a comment about his cape being gray when we first got here, so he went home to redye all of his blacks."

    You Suck Moore, Christopher, 1957- 2007

  • Jared went into a level-five freak-out, and turned into a total fuckwit, trying to get me to hide him and stuff, and then just saying he couldn't take it anymore and he had to go home and redye right then.

    You Suck Moore, Christopher, 1957- 2007

  • For, for the gretnesse of the erthe and of the see, men may go be a 1000 and a 1000 other weyes, that no man cowde redye him perfitely toward the parties that he cam fro, but zif it were be aventure and happ, or be the grace of God.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • I decided it's time to redye my hair, but I'm not sure what color I want to go yet ... so email me and let me know what you think!!!

    aleighk21 Diary Entry aleighk21 2003

  • Trews and tunic claimed from his older and taller brother had once been black, but had faded to a washed-out gray, and he wouldn't let his mother redye them.

    Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.