What does "ingrain" mean?

An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

What is a synonym for "ingrain"?

Common synonyms include: instill, adopt, apply paint, assimilate, auditory imprinting, bed.

/ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/ adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

Verb

1
To dye with a fast or lasting colour. transitive
2
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of wordnet
3
To make (something) deeply part of something else. figuratively, transitive
"The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."
4
thoroughly work in wordnet

Adjective

1
Dyed with grain, or kermes. not-comparable
2
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric. not-comparable
3
Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. broadly, figuratively, not-comparable
"When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected!"

"The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."

Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.