Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dyed

/daɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: dyed
IPA: /daɪd/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of dye

verb

Obsolete spelling of died.

Obsolete

adj

Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

Example Sentences

"Thomas Tinker, and his wife and sone, all dyed in the first sicknes."
"How many Masters have some stately Houses had, in the age of a small Cottage, that hath, as it were, lived, and dyed with her old Master, both dropping down together."
"Gon. That our Garments being (as they were) drencht in the Sea, hold notwithſtanding their freſhneſſe and gloſſes, being rather new dy'de then ſtain'd with ſalte water."
"Girded with girdles vpon their loynes, exceeding in dyed attire vpon their heads, all of them princes to looke to, after the maner of the Babylonians of Caldea, the land of their natiuitie:"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more dyed (comparative) most dyed (superlative)

Derived Forms

nondyed undyed

Phrases

deep-dyed double-dyed dyed-in-the-wool dyed in the wool wool-dyed

Synonyms

bleached colored coloured

Homonyms

died

Rhymes With

side outside died inside side-by-side tried provide wide ride decide guide applied

Questions

How do you pronounce dyed?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪd/.
What does dyed mean?: simple past and past participle of dye

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