INGRAIN
ingrain
Noun
- An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
Verb
- 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
- Dyed with grain, or kermes.
- 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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