ingrain
Dyed with grain, or kermesDyed with grain, or kermes.
» Replacing deeply ingrained habits is not easy.
Tief verwurzelte Gewohnheiten sind nicht leicht auszureißen.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Dyed with grain, or kermes.
(not comparable)Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.
(broadly, figuratively, not comparable)Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Examples
7 sentencesReplacing deeply ingrained habits is not easy.
deTief verwurzelte Gewohnheiten sind nicht leicht auszureißen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This experience has been ingrained in my mind.
Miroslav's cursing has become so ingrained in his speech that it often happens subconsciously, without him even realizing it.
To what extent is Halloween ingrained into Australian culture?
In Algeria, Islam is deeply ingrained into everyday life.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by thInherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.
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