Ingrain

/ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/

Synonyms for "ingrain" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Verb(3 words)

apply paintassimilate bed bedaub bedizen begild besmearbrush on paintcalcimine carpet coat color complexion confirm constant cover dab daubdeep dyeddeep-dye

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define dip distemper double-dye dyedyed-in-the-wool

Adjective(1 words)

auditory imprinting

Noun(2 words)

dense drill rowsdrive in

Strong matches (47)

Adjective(2 words)

educational imprintembedded receiver

embed emblazon enamel engild engraft engrave entrench establish etch face fast fast-dye fix found fresco gild glaze gloss grain grave

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ground hue illuminate imbed imbue impact implant impress imprint

Verb(11 words)

embed engraves entrenchestablish a habitgrain habitualize hammered implant implanted impress impressing

Noun(5 words)

engravingfossil imprinthammeringidea plantingimplants

Related words (79)

Verb(13 words)

imprint inculcate inculcated inculcating instil instilled instills instils internalize internalized internalizes root trenched

Noun(13 words)

imprint designimprint patternimprint sedimentimprintingimprinting processimprints infusing instilling internalizingplant multicellularplant seedlingsplanting depthsteaching physicists

incise indelible infix infuse ingrained inoculate inscribe invest jam japan lacquerlay on colorleaven lodge pack paint parget permeate pigment plant

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prime print root rug seat setset insettle shade shadow shellacslop on paintsmear stain stamp steep stereotype stipple suffuse tinct tincture tinge tint tone undercoat unfading varnish wash wedge whitewash

Adjective(3 words)

intrenched inveteratewell preserved imprint

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

action verbaffectbehavioral changehabit formationimpressmental processmove penetrate perforatepsychological processstriketransitive verb

More specific

6 entries

adoption embed habituation implant imprint internalization

Collocations

6 entries

ingrain a ruleingrain habitsingrain in studentsingrain into memoryingrain valuesingrained into memory

Inflections

3 entries

ingrained ingraining ingrains

Derivations

2 entries

ingrained ingrainment

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.

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The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.

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When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected!

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