ingrain
/ɪnˈɡreɪn
/verb
(also engrain) [with object] Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person: they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes...
- She's a race-walking instructor who bubbles with enthusiasm, armed with clever similes and a rigid attitude about ingraining proper technique.
- I've been trying to do more, lately, but I have a hard time ingraining things as habit sometimes.
- Posted calligraphy engrains the warrior code of Bushido and expounds the philosophical roots of kendo.
Synonyms
entrench, establish, fix, inculcate, instil, implant, root;
drive home, hammer home, drill into, drive into, din into
adjective
(Of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.Aniline black for cotton was the first ingrain color, or dye developed directly on the fiber....
- these historical Ingrain dyes for cotton developed in the 1950's are now rarely used for solid-shade dyeing.
- The dots which are represented on the groundwork of the initial are worked in back stitching; these may be worked in scarlet ingrain cotton if desired.
Origin
Late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense 'dye with cochineal or in fast colours'): from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain 'fast-dyed', from the old use of grain meaning 'kermes, cochineal'.
This was originally written as engrain in the sense ‘dye with cochineal or in fast colours’ from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’ (see also crimson). In the late Middle Ages truly fast colours were rare.