ingrain.
To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
Meaning & usage
To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.
An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.
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