Definition of "ingrain"

(transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.  examples

(transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.  examples

Dyed with grain, or kermes.  examples

Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.  examples

(figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.  quotations  examples

An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.  examples