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ingrain

/ɪnˈɡreɪn/

ingrainverb

ingrained

Past Simple

ingrained

Past Participle

ingraining

ing-form

/ɪnˈɡreɪn/

Translations

ancrerAu sens figuré : fixer solidement une idée, une habitude ou une attitude.

The teacher worked hard to ingrain a love of reading in her students.

L’enseignante a travaillé dur pour ancrer chez ses élèves l’amour de la lecture.

Additional translations

enracinerAu sens figuré, plus littéraire : rendre profondément établi.

teindre en filSens archaïque, en textile : teindre avant le tissage.

Definitions

To firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

The teacher worked hard to ingrain a love of reading in her students.

(Archaic) To dye (yarn or fabric) before weaving so that the colour is fixed in the fibre.

The weavers ingrained the wool in vibrant reds before beginning their work.

Synonyms

ingrainnoun

ingrains

/ɪnˈɡreɪn/

Refers chiefly to a type of reversible carpet or fabric woven with yarns dyed in the grain.

Translations

ingrainTerme de textile, emprunt rare en français pour un tapis ou un tissu tissé avec des fils teints avant le tissage.

The staircase was still covered with the original ingrain the house had when it was built.

L’escalier était encore recouvert de l’ingrain d’origine que la maison avait lors de sa construction.

Definitions

A reversible woollen carpet or fabric woven with yarns that have been dyed before weaving.

The staircase was still covered with the original ingrain the house had when it was built.

Synonyms

floor covering

ingrainadjective

more ingrain

Comp.

most ingrain

Super.

/ɪnˈɡreɪn/

Translations

teint dans la masseSens textile : coloré avant le tissage, avec une couleur durable.

The curtains were made of an ingrain fabric that never faded.

Les rideaux étaient faits d’un tissu teint dans la masse qui ne décolorait jamais.

enracinéSens figuré rare : profondément établi, inhérent.

He felt an ingrain skepticism toward authority.

Il éprouvait un scepticisme enraciné à l’égard de l’autorité.

Definitions

Dyed before being woven; coloured throughout the fibre so that the colour is fast and enduring.

The curtains were made of an ingrain fabric that never faded.

Deeply rooted; firmly established; inherent (now rare and largely replaced by "ingrained").

He felt an ingrain skepticism toward authority.

Synonyms

firmly rooted