adj dyed with grain, or kermes.
2. ingrain ·noun an ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
3. ingrain ·vt to dye with or in grain or kermes.
4. ingrain ·vt to dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
5. ingrain ·adj dyed before manufacture, said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
6. ingrain ·vt to work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.