INGRAIN

ingrain

Noun

  1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Verb

  1. To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
    The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
    The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.

Adjective

  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.


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