ingrain

UK
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US
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Übersetzungen

ingrainverb
ingrained
Präteritum
ingrained
Partizip Perfekt
ingraining
Gerundium
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US
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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.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
enracinerAu sens figuré, plus littéraire : rendre profondément établi.
teindre en filSens archaïque, en textile : teindre avant le tissage.
ingrainsubstantiv
ingrains
Pl.
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Refers chiefly to a type of reversible carpet or fabric woven with yarns dyed in the grain.
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.
ingrainadjektiv
more ingrain
Komp.
most ingrain
Super.
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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.

Definitionen

ingrainverb
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.
ingrainsubstantiv
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.
ingrainadjektiv
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.