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Definition of tie-dye verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tie-dye

verb

tie-dye somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tie-dye

he / she / it tie-dyes

past simple tie-dyed

-ing form tie-dyeing

to make patterns on cloth by tying knots in it or tying string around it before you put it in a dye, so that some parts receive more color than others

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