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ingrain
[ verb in-greyn; adjective noun in-greyn ]
verb (used with object)
adjective
- ingrained; firmly fixed.
- (of fiber or yarn) dyed in a raw state, before being woven or knitted.
- made of fiber or yarn so dyed:
ingrain fabric.
- (of carpets) made of ingrain yarn and so woven as to show a different pattern on each side; reversible.
noun
- yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- an ingrain carpet.
ingrain
verb
- to impress deeply on the mind or nature; instil
- archaic.to dye into the fibre of (a fabric)
adjective
- variants of ingrained
- (of woven or knitted articles, esp rugs and carpets) made of dyed yarn or of fibre that is dyed before being spun into yarn
noun
- a carpet made from ingrained yarn
- such yarn
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ingrain1
First recorded in 1760–70; originally phrase (dyed) in grain (i.e., with kermes)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ingrain1
C18: from the phrase dyed in grain dyed with kermes through the fibre
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Example Sentences
Whereupon Mufty, finding himself dropped upon the coldly unsympathetic ingrain carpet, desisted from further encouraging remarks.
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But I never can—I'm like him, every one says so, and he says the heedlessness is ingrain, and can't be got rid of.
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Between the pews, in the aisle, the violent vermilion of a strip of ingrain carpet assaulted the eye.
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On the floor was a much used and faded ingrain carpet, in one place worn through by the edge of a loose board.
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She felt her feet sink luxuriously into the rugs, oh, so different from the threadbare ingrain carpet at home!
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