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ingrain

noun

Meaning

  • An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

verb

Meaning

  • To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

  • To make (something) deeply part of something else.

    "The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."

Synonyms

breed in the bone,
embed,
infix,
instill,
radicate

adjective

Meaning

  • Dyed with grain, or kermes.

  • Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.