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Ingrain

//ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dyed with grain, or kermes. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric. not-comparable
  3. 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!"

Noun
  1. 1
    An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
Verb
  1. 1
    To dye with a fast or lasting colour. transitive
  2. 2
    produce or try to produce a vivid impression of wordnet
  3. 3
    To make (something) deeply part of something else. figuratively, transitive

    "The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."

  4. 4
    thoroughly work in wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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