INGRAINED

implanted, deep-seated, deep-rooted, ingrained, planted

(adjective) (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; “deep-rooted prejudice”; “deep-seated differences of opinion”; “implanted convictions”; “ingrained habits of a lifetime”; “a deeply planted need”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ingrained (comparative more ingrained, superlative most ingrained)

Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

Fixed, established

Synonyms

• (in the essence of a thing): inherent; See also intrinsic

• (fixed, established): bred-in-the-bone, radicated; See also inveterate

Verb

ingrained

simple past tense and past participle of ingrain

Anagrams

• deraining, indearing, reading in

Source: Wiktionary

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INGRAIN

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

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