Ingrain

[ɪn'greɪn] or ['ɪngren]

Definition

(verb.) thoroughly work in; 'His hands were grained with dirt'.

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Definition

(a.) Dyed with grain, or kermes.

(a.) Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

(n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

(v. t.) To dye with or in grain or kermes.

(v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

(v. t.) To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Dye in the grain.[2]. Imbue, impregnate.

Edited by Cecilia

Definition

v.t. the same as Engrain.—adj. dyed in the yarn or thread before manufacture.

v.t. to dye of a fast or lasting colour: to dye in the raw state: to infix deeply.—n. Engrain′er.

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