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ingrain
Overview of verb ingrain
The verb ingrain has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ingrain, grain -- (thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt")
2. impress, ingrain, instill -- (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us")
Grep of noun ingrain
ingraining
Antonyms of verb ingrain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ingrain
2 senses of ingrain
Sense 1
ingrain, grain
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 2
impress, ingrain, instill
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ingrain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ingrain
2 senses of ingrain
Sense 1
ingrain, grain
=> penetrate, perforate
Sense 2
impress, ingrain, instill
=> affect, impress, move, strike
'Cause To' of verb ingrain
Derived Forms of verb ingrain
Domain of verb ingrain
Domain Terms of verb ingrain
Familiarity of verb ingrain
ingrain used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb ingrain
2 senses of ingrain
Sense 1
ingrain, grain
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
impress, ingrain, instill
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ingrain
2 senses of ingrain
Sense 1
ingrain, grain
> penetrate, perforate
=> probe, dig into, poke into
=> cut
=> interpenetrate, permeate
=> strike
=> break
=> foray
=> poke into
=> sneak in, creep in
=> permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> honeycomb
=> pierce
=> pierce, thrust
=> pierce
=> tunnel
=> percolate, sink in, permeate, filter
=> ingrain, grain
=> immerse, plunge
=> storm, force
=> ooze through
Sense 2
impress, ingrain, instill
> affect, impress, move, strike
=> infect
=> surprise
=> impress, ingrain, instill
=> awaken
=> engrave
=> strike dumb
=> zap
=> jar
=> hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
=> smite
=> cloud
=> pierce
=> impress
=> sweep away, sweep off
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> touch, stir
=> move
=> sadden
=> alienate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ingrain
Sense 1
ingrain, grain
=> penetrate, perforate
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Sense 2
impress, ingrain, instill
=> affect, impress, move, strike
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Grep of verb ingrain
ingrain
Grep of adj ingrain
ingrained
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