What does tie-dying mean?

tie-dying

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

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present participle and gerund of tie-dye

"Fiber dyes are easily absorbed by skin, so always wear rubber gloves while tie-dying."
"She gave me the look that probably worked well when one twin accused the other of tie-dying the family cat."
"No one seems to know how knowledge of the process spread to the U.S.; however, by the late 1960s, "hip" fashion boutiques were buying one dollar white cotton T-shirts, tie-dying them, and selling the rainbow-hued productsfor up to six dollars apiece."

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