ingrain
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- Rhymes: -eɪn
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ingrain (third-person singular simple present ingrains, present participle ingraining, simple past and past participle ingrained)
- To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
- The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
- The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.