INGRAIN

impress, ingrain, instill

(verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; “Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us”

ingrain, grain

(verb) thoroughly work in; “His hands were grained with dirt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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

Adjective

ingrain (not comparable)

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.

Noun

ingrain (plural ingrains)

An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

Anagrams

• Ingrian, raining

Source: Wiktionary

In"grain`, a. Etym: [Pref. in- in + grain kermes. See Engrain, Grain.]

1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]

2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

– Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.

In"grain`, n.

Definition: An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

In"grain`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] Etym: [Written also engrain.]

1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.

2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. Our fields ingrained with blood. Daniel. Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. Helps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition