INGRAINED


Meaning of INGRAINED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

ingrained dirt (= under the surface of something and difficult to clean off )

We had to wash the walls to remove the ingrained dirt.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

deeply

The continuing problems of Northern Ireland demonstrate the futility of responding to a deeply ingrained political problem with a law-and-order response.

But historically speaking, this reverence for language is deeply ingrained and persistent.

This deeply ingrained suspicion of central government explains the aversion of teachers to any increase of ministerial involvement in curricular matters.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

deeply ingrained religious beliefs

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.