English Explanatory Dictionary

ingrain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
  2. To make (something) deeply part of something else.
adj
  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
  2. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
  3. Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
noun
  1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Pronunciation

/ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ingrain.wav

Word forms

ingrain ingrains ingraining ingrained engrain

Etymology

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

Synonyms

breed in the bone embed infix instill radicate

Derived words

ingrainer ingrain wallpaper
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