in·grained. adj. 1. Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated: ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime. 2. Worked deeply into the texture or fiber: a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.
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The idea of absolute financial probity as the first law of a gentleman's code was too deeply ingrained in him for sentimental considerations to weaken it.
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Adj. 1. ingrained - (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; deep-rooted prejudice; deep-seated differences of opinion; implanted convictions; ingrained habits of a lifetime; a deeply planted need.
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ingrain, ingrained-Ingrain literally means work into the grain (originally, of fabric), and ingrained is metaphorically deep-seated.. See also related terms for metaphor.
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``In peace thou shalt =not= die,'' repeated the voice; ``even in death shalt thou think on thy murders ---on the groans which this castle has echoed--- on the blood that is engrained in its floors.
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It was from Akut--a sudden, low growl, no louder than those he had been giving vent to the while he pranced about the dead bull, nor half so loud in fact; but of a timbre that bore straight to the perceptive faculties of the jungle beast ingrained in Korak. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context.
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She was repelled by those lacerated hands, grimed by toil so that the very dirt of life was ingrained in the flesh itself, by that red chafe of the collar and those bulging muscles. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context.
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deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted (adj). (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held. deep-rooted prejudice; deep-seated differences of opinion; implanted convictions; ingrained habits of a lifetime; a deeply planted need.
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Ingrain is the standard spelling of the verb meaning to impress deeply. Engrain is an accepted variant, but it appears only rarely. It does not have any meanings of its own. The preference for ingrain extends to ingrained, which is actually more common than the uninflected form.
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definition ingrained
The definition of ingrained is deeply rooted.