ingrain
pronunciation
How to pronounce ingrain in British English:
UK ['ɪn'greɪn]
How to pronounce ingrain in American English:
US [ɪn'greɪn]
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- Verb:
- thoroughly work in
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
Word Origin
- ingrain
- ingrain: [17] Ingrain means literally ‘work into the grain’ (of fabric, originally) – whence the main metaphorical sense of ingrained, ‘deepseated’. But there is much more to the story of ingrain than that. Its ultimate source was engrainer ‘dye’, an Old French verb based on graine ‘cochineal dye’. English borrowed this in the 14th century as engrain ‘dye crimson with cochineal’, which remained a live sense of the word into the 17th century.Gradually awareness of the word’s original specific connections with the colour crimson died out, and the verb was virtually formed anew in the mid 17th century using the concept of the grain or ‘texture’ of cloth, but the spelling engrain remained, and remains as a secondary variant to this day, to remind us of the word’s origins.=> grain
- ingrain (v.)
- 1766, see engrain. Figurative use, of qualities, habits, etc., attested from 1851 (in ingrained). Of dyed carpets, etc., 1766, from in grain.
Example
- 1. Training camp , he said , will quickly ingrain those principles .
- 2. Abstract : the ingrain security system based on the foundation local bus , including is fence and is current isolators .
- 3. With the conscious control of the mind you can establish and ingrain these rather complex motions quickly and effectively .
- 4. We try to ingrain certain motion patterns , and then we apply them in their respective passages .
- 5. Just master one breath english . Just ingrain it in your brain . The results will amaze you .