Definition of "ingrain" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.

   • The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
   • The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.

adjective

1. Dyed with grain, or kermes.

2. Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.

3. (figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

noun

1. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.