Definitions for ingrain

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ingrain in·grain

Spelling: [verb in-greyn; adjective, noun in-greyn]

IPA: /verb ɪnˈgreɪn; adjective, noun ˈɪnˌgreɪn/

Ingrain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in ingrain (agiinnr).

Definitions for ingrain

noun

1. yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
2. an ingrain carpet.

adjective

1. ingrained; firmly fixed.
2. (of fiber or yarn) dyed in a raw state, before being woven or knitted.
3. made of fiber or yarn so dyed:
4. (of carpets) made of ingrain yarn and so woven as to show a different pattern on each side; reversible.

verb (used with object)

1. to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.

Origin of ingrain

1760-70; orig. phrase (dyed) in grain (i.e., with kermes)

Examples for ingrain

The door was ajar, and he stepped into a little hall covered with ingrain carpet.

A good velvet carpet will last just twice as long as an ingrain one.

Yet, good as the chance is, it costs just twice as much as an ingrain.

In 1830 he commenced the manufacture of ingrain carpeting, which he continued for 18 years.

They've tracked it all over, and this ingrain carpet can't be cleaned.

I never have an ingrain carpet in my house,—not even on the chambers.

They have an ingrain conviction that it is you who are wrong, not them.

She has bought a cottage for her father, who is an ingrain 16 weaver in a carpet factory.

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.

What must have been her experiences in life to ingrain fear and distrust in her soul at that rate?