Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dye over with a second color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
dye (something already coloured) with another colour.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The next peice didn't work - folded too tight, perhaps - not enough saturation - but it will overdye well.
To dye for katelnorth 2008
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I do like them both although I can't believe you could overdye it and come out with such a nice red color.
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I should just go ahead and overdye it and see what I can salvage.
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I am trying to figure out how to overdye the clock fabric: it's bright white, and I think a soft blue-grey would be better, if only I can find one that won't cover up the print.
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If I was lucky enough to find that beauty in a thrift store I'd overdye it with lavender and then wear yellow amber beads with it.
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You can immersion dye, hand paint, drip color onto yarn, overdye already colored yarn, make self-striping yarn.
About.com Knitting 2010
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While I was rummaging around for things to overdye I came across another bunch of cusspots.
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Once brightly colored shirts are given the overdye process while patterned button-downs feature bleached elements.
Hypebeast 2009
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Hey, I have an overdye question for you, since you are the pro.
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And you could overdye it black again — remember in GONE WITH THE WIND, when after the young soldier son is killed the family cook is spotted in the kitchen, stirring a dyepot with all the family’s clothes in it?
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