ingrain

== English == === Alternative forms === engrain === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Verb === ingrain (third-person singular simple present ingrains, present participle ingraining, simple past and past participle ingrained) (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour. (transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else. Synonyms: breed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === ingrain (not comparable) Dyed with grain, or kermes. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric. (figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. ==== Derived terms ==== ingrain wallpaper === Noun === ingrain (plural ingrains) An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet. === Anagrams === Ingrian, raining