ingrain

ingrain has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
• a.. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
• n.. An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
• v. t.. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
• v. t.. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
• v. t.. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
• v.. produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
• v.. thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"