dyeing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of dye

noun

1. The act by which something is dyed.

   “Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.”

   “In the traditional workshops of Surakarta, where the best quality batik tulis textiles are still created, low-paid women and girls use melted wax to meticulously hand-draw patterns before subsequent dyeings and rewaxings, […]”