spec. To impregnate (any tissue or the like) with a colour, to fix a colour in the substance of, or to change the hue of by a colouring matter.

transitive. To dye or tint (hair).

transitive. To dye (a person's hair, skin, etc.) a reddish-brown colour using henna.

to bleach the hair with blondine.

transitive. To bleach the hair of (a person) with peroxide; to bleach (hair) with peroxide.

transitive. Hairdressing. To colour (the hair) with a tint. See tint, n.1 1c.

transitive. To create highlights in (hair). Also: to accentuate (a feature) with make-up. Cf. highlight, n. 1b.

transitive. To treat (hair) with a tinting or conditioning rinse (rinse, n. 5). Also intransitive.

transitive. To treat (hair) with a blue rinse. Also with person as object.

Hairdressing. To tint (the hair) with streaks (streak, n.1 2h). Cf. streaking, n.2 3.