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Definition of Ingrain

1. Verb. Thoroughly work in. "His hands were grained with dirt"

2. Verb. Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of. "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

Definition of Ingrain

1. a. Dyed with grain, or kermes.

2. n. An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

3. v. t. To dye with or in grain or kermes.

Definition of Ingrain

1. Verb. To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ingrain

1. to impress firmly on the mind [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Ingrain

1. 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) Origin: Ingrained; Ingraining Alternative forms: engrain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrain

ingotlike ingots ingracious ingraff ingraffed ingraffing ingraffs ingraft ingrafted ingrafter

ingrafters ingrafting ingraftment ingraftments ingrafts ingrain (current term) ingrain wallpaper ingrained ingrainedly ingraining

ingrains ingram ingrapple ingrappled ingrapples ingrappling ingrate ingrateful ingrately ingrates

Literary usage of Ingrain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Make Rugs by Candace Wheeler (1902)
"ingrain CARPET RUGS. UNDOUBTEDLY the most useful—and from a utilitarian ... The cutting of old ingrain into strips for weaving is not so serious a task as ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Early in the century the manufacture of ingrain carpets was begun, ... Probably the first ingrain mill in the United States was that of George M. Conradt, ..."

3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"The ingrain colors comprise a number of insoluble substances, which are produced directly on the fibres, by saturating the goods with one or more of the ..."

4. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"Another of the large mills of New York State is that of Stephen Sanford, which from a small ingrain mill, started many years ago, has grown to be a factory ..."

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