ingrain
[verb]
Synonyms: entrench, embed, fix, infix, lodge, root, infuse, imbue, inoculate, invest, leaven, steep, suffuse

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Related Words: engrave, etch, grave, incise

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ingrain adjective & noun. ['ɪngreɪn, ɪn'greɪn] M16.
[from in grain s.v. GRAIN noun¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Dyed in grain; dyed with fast colours before manufacture; thoroughly dyed. M16.
b. Of a carpet: reversible, with different colours interwoven. M19.

2. Of a quality, disposition, habit, etc.: inborn, inherent, firmly fixed. M19.
b. noun.
1. (A) material dyed in grain. rare. M19.

2. A thing which is ingrained or inherent. L19.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

ingrain verb trans. [ɪn'greɪn] Also (earlier) engrain [ɛn-, ɪn-]. LME.
[from IN-¹, EN-¹ + GRAIN verb¹.]
1. Dye with cochineal; dye in fast colours, dye in grain. LME-M19.

2. Cause (a dye) to sink deeply into the texture of a fabric; work into a substance's fibre or fig. into a person's character etc. M17.

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