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ingrain en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Dyed with grain, or kermes.
2. (not-comparable) Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
3. (broadly, figuratively, not-comparable) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
   • When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected! 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 249:

Forms

Deriveds

ingrain wallpaper

ingrain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Forms

ingrain en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To make (something) deeply part of something else.
   • The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
   • The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.

Forms

Deriveds

ingrainer

Synonyms

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

Translations (10)

fi syvävärjätä (to dye with lasting color) · fi pinttyä (to make something deeply part of something else) · es arraigar (to make something deeply part of something else) · cs zakořenit (to make something deeply part of something else) · cs vštěpit (to make something deeply part of something else) · fi värjätä (to dye with lasting color) · ru укореня́ть (to make something deeply part of something else) · fi piintyä (esp. fig.) (to make something deeply part of something else) · pdc aabefehle (to make something deeply part of something else) · bg пропивам (to make something deeply part of something else)