Word Meaning

ingrain definition and meaning

a. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
a. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
n. An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
v. t. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
v. t. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
v. t. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

Crossword clues for ingrain

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