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  • verb Present participle of tie-dye.
  • noun The process of making tie-dyed material

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Examples

  • Several Digger women, including Judy Goldhaft, Ewing, and Gail "Geba" Greenberg, continued to develop the ancient technique of tie-dyeing as an art form that, like the swirling colors of the light shows at rock concerts, evoked the visual hallucinations of the LSD experience. 34

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

  • Members can download databases or visit any of 30 or more "forums," exchanging comments on topics from arthritis to gardening, caregiving to tie-dyeing.

    Never Too Old To Go On Line 2008

  • Shoes for my teeny little feet, blanks for tie-dyeing, and giftable stuff for Tali and the Village, mostly.

    BLOG CONTEST: Thrifted finds for my readers! (What if No One's Watching?) 2008

  • "Central Asian Ikats from the Rau Collection" displays more than 60 of the textiles, which are made by tie-dyeing silk threads before weaving to create elaborate patterns in striking colors.

    Time Off Europe Calendar 2007

  • On Sunday, I was tie-dyeing and my left hand wasn't gloved.

    amjl81 Diary Entry amjl81 2004

  • My mother learned the traditional kind of Japanese tie-dyeing known as roketsuzome from my father and became a professional in the field.

    Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002

  • My mother learned the traditional kind of Japanese tie-dyeing known as roketsuzome from my father and became a professional in the field.

    Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002

  • Their customary dress was a one-piece gown, ankle-length, ornamented with tie-dyeing or beadwork, caught at the waist by a belt from which dangled small tools for their endless tasks.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

  • Their customary dress was a one-piece gown, ankle-length, ornamented with tie-dyeing or beadwork, caught at the waist by a belt from which dangled small tools for their endless tasks.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983

  • The Nantucket Parks & Recreation Commission sponsors T-shirt tie-dyeing every Friday at noon from mid-July through August.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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