ingrain
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Is ingrain a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ingrain?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.transitive
2. (transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.Examples: "The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."; "The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind."Synonyms: breed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicatefigurativelytransitive
adj (English)
1. (figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.Examples: "When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected!"broadlyfigurativelynot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary