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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.
Pronunciation
Verb
ingrain (third-person singular simple present ingrains, present participle ingraining, simple past and past participle ingrained)
- (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.
- Synonyms: breed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicate
The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.
Translations
to dye with lasting color
to make something deeply part of something else
Adjective
ingrain (not comparable)
- Dyed with grain, or kermes.
- Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
- (figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 249:When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected!
Derived terms
Noun
ingrain (plural ingrains)
- An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
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