To tie strings around (fabric or clothing) and then dye it, in such a manner that the tied parts do not get colored.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tie-dye

plural of tie-dye

present participle of tie-dye

The process of making tie-dyed material

A shirt that has been tie-dyed.

Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head.

To dye woolen fibers before they are spun into thread.

Any of a group of brilliant fluorescent yellow to pink to bluish red dyes characterized by the presence of the xanthene nucleus, known sometimes in colorless as well as colored forms, and used chiefly in dyeing textile fibers, in coloring paper, in producing fluorescent effects, and as organic pigments.

(chemistry) any of a large number of mostly yellow to red synthetic dyes that contain an azo or diimide (-N=N-) functional group.