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Meaning of ingrain

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ingrain

noun

Definitions

  1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

verb

Definitions

  1. To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

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

    Example: The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.

    Synonyms:breed in the boneembedinfixinstillradicate

adjective

Definitions

  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes.

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