Definitions
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- adjective not
dyed ; in itsnatural colour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not artificially colored or bleached
Etymologies
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Examples
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She doesn't like most of the polyester material here and often buys plain undyed muslin and dyes it with her batik dyes to get the colors she wants in cottons.
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"She doesn't like most of the polyester material here and often buys plain undyed muslin and dyes it with her batik dyes to get the colors she wants in cottons."
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His trousers were of moleskin; his boots reached almost to his knees; for head-covering he had the cheapest kind of undyed felt, its form exactly that of the old petasus.
The Nether World George Gissing 1880
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- There is now an undyed blue rose; a GM product with genes from petunias.
Talk: Stewart Brand da_lj 2009
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All diapers, if left undyed, would be the color of raw plastic or semi-translucent, he says.
Trying On Shades of Brown to Scream Green Sarah Nassauer 2012
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However I'm currently cleansing my palette by finishing off my festival photography show (all will be revealed eventually) and by making a set of classic, plain pots and bowls in undyed British fleeces and yarns - Black Welsh, Blue Faced Leicester, North Ronaldsay and Jacob sheep, possibly some Wensleydale too.
Imaginary Invertebrates Galore! MadeleineS 2009
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However I'm currently cleansing my palette by finishing off my festival photography show (all will be revealed eventually) and by making a set of classic, plain pots and bowls in undyed British fleeces and yarns - Black Welsh, Blue Faced Leicester, North Ronaldsay and Jacob sheep, possibly some Wensleydale too.
Archive 2009-06-01 MadeleineS 2009
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Denim is identified as an "American cotton textile where the diagonal warp is a striped hickory cloth that was once associated with railroadmen's overalls, in which blue or black contrasting undyed white threads form the woven pattern."
My God George Will is a bigger fashion snob than me! - dfi 2009
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Serves 6500g undyed smoked haddock, skin onA bay leafKnob of butter1 onion, peeled and finely chopped1 leek, washed and cut into chunks2 medium potatoes, unpeeled, cut into chunks500ml whole milkChives, chopped, to serve1.
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Most recipes simply call for smoked haddock, with some adding "preferably undyed" – the taste is generally exactly the same, though obviously all that yellow colouring adds nothing positive to the nutritional content – but Stirling-born Nick Nairn specifies Arbroath smokies in his Great British Menu recipe.
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