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ingrain

Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/

The English word “ingrain” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
  2. To make (something) deeply part of something else.

adjective

  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
  2. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
  3. Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

noun

  1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.

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