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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
ingrain
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to ingrain
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āĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to set a particular habit, belief, attitude, etc. in someone in a lasting manner
Ditransitive: to ingrain a habit or belief in sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Educators work to ingrain good study habits in students to promote academic success.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to deeply embed or engrave something into the natural texture or fabric of something else
Transitive: to ingrain a fabric or material with sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The leather craftsman ingrained the leather with a deep mahogany dye.
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻšāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
ingrain
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(of a textile) made from fibers or threads that are dyed in different colors before being woven or knitted
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Ingrain textiles are less likely to fade because the color penetrates the fibers.
Ingrain
01
a habit or quality that is firmly established and naturally part of a person or thing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fear of failure had become an ingrain over many years.
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ingrained
ingrain
grain
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