Ingrained

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Firmly established; deep-seated: ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime.
  • adj. Worked deeply into the texture or fiber: a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing
  • adj. Fixed, established
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of ingrain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
  • Verb Form
    ingrained    ingraining    ingrains   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    penetrate    perforate    strike    impress    affect    move   
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    stain    saturate    imbue    Dy   
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