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ingrain

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Verb

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Plain form
ingrain

Third-person singular
ingrains

Past tense
ingrained

Past participle
ingrained

Present participle
ingraining

  1. (transitive) (figurative) If you ingrain a habit, or attitude in someone, you make it deeply part of something else.

Adjective

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Positive
ingrain

Comparative
more ingrain

Superlative
most ingrain

  1. If a fabric is ingrain, it is made of fibres that have been dyed different colours before being woven together.