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
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
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.
ingrain (plural ingrains)
An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
• 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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
