INGRAIN
\ɪnɡɹˈe͡ɪn], \ɪnɡɹˈeɪn], \ɪ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of INGRAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
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make a deep and indelible impression on someone
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
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Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
By Oddity Software
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To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
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Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
By Noah Webster.
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To dye in the fiber or before manufacture; dye with any deep, lasting color; saturate or fix in deeply; as, ingrained vice.
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Dyed prior to being manufactured; thoroughly wrought or worked in; deep-seated.
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A carpet made of cotton and wool.
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Ingrained.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) To dye in grain (meaning with grain) , that is, cochineal: hence, to dye of a fast or lasting color: to dye in the raw state: to infix deeply.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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