Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tie-dye

(tie-dyes, tie-dyeing, tie-dyed) 1. If a piece of cloth or a garment is tie-dyed, it is tied in knots and then put into dye, so that some parts become more deeply coloured than others. He wore a T-shirt that had been tie-dyed in bright colours... I bought a great tie-dyed silk scarf. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 2. A tie-dye is a garment or piece of cloth that has been tie-dyed. They wore tie-dyes and ponchos. ...a hideous tie-dye shirt. N-VAR: usu N n