ENGRAIN


Meaning of ENGRAIN in English

ə̇nˈgrān, (ˈ)en|g- transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English engreinen, from en- (I) + grain, grein kermes; in senses 2 and 3 influenced in meaning by English grain texture — more at grain

1. obsolete : to dye with kermes or cochineal or a fast color

2. : ingrain 2

his swart forefinger, deeply engrained with gunpowder — Charles Dickens

Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism are too deeply engrained in the habits of men to be superseded by some newfangled religious institution — S.P.Lamprecht

3. : to color in imitation of the grain of the wood — compare grain vt 3

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.