Definitions for ingrained

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ingrained in·grained

Spelling: [in-greynd, in-greynd]

IPA: /ɪnˈgreɪnd, ˈɪnˌgreɪnd/

Ingrained is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in ingrained (adegiinnr).

Definitions for ingrained

noun

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

adjective

1. firmly fixed; deep-rooted; inveterate:
2. wrought into or through the grain or fiber.
3. ingrained; firmly fixed.
4. (of fiber or yarn) dyed in a raw state, before being woven or knitted.
5. made of fiber or yarn so dyed:
6. (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 ingrained

First recorded in 1590-1600; ingrain + -ed²

Examples for ingrained

These studies only speak to one of our ingrained mental habits that make us particularly susceptible to religious belief.

Polling is ingrained in American politics, but it does not come without its problems.

The love of story-telling seems to be ingrained in human nature.

Subordination to the wills of their superiors was ingrained in their natures.

These people have been ingrained with a firm belief in their mode of living.

In fact, I think this is so ingrained now that in many ways, we assume too much of science.

This was before any knowledge of safer sex was ingrained in the culture.

It is ingrained in them, they only sink from it to cover their natural instincts of infidelity.

These are palpable, identifiable matters that are ingrained into the very fabric of The Babadook.

The idea of the squeeze seems to be ingrained in the Chinese.