ingrain

ingrain is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Dyed with grain, or kermes. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
2. adjective. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
3. noun. An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
4. transitive verb. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
5. transitive verb. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
6. transitive verb. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
7. verb. produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

   "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

   Synonyms: impress, instill

8. verb. thoroughly work in

   "His hands were grained with dirt"

   Synonyms: grain

Synonyms

impress, instill, grain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ingrain:

ingrian, raining

Common word forms

ingrains, ingrained, ingraining

Words from these letters

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