ingrains

verb

variants also engrains
present tense third-person singular of ingrain
1
as in suffuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession

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2
as in etches
to produce a vivid impression of the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory

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3
as in roots
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter tried to ingrain traditional values in their children

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrains
  1. suffuses
  2. etches
  3. roots
  4. inculcates
  5. engraves
  6. embeds
  7. infuses
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  • But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of suffuses
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  • In the 1990s, in parallel with the work on optimal channel networks, geomorphologists developed powerful landscape evolution models to capture this constant adjustment and show the mechanism by which Hack’s law etches itself on the landscape.
    — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • While the confetti settles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Spain etches its name further into soccer’s history books with its second men’s World Cup title, the women’s side of the game is awakening.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of etches
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  • Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
  • Cousteau roots his pitch in economics.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 28 May 2026
Definition of roots
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  • Because there’s something about the college environment that really inculcates hierarchy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of inculcates
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  • Malcolm Arnold’s 2,000-square-foot business, Apple Core Electronics, on Flushing Avenue in Bushwick makes exterior intercom panels, sets their wiring, punches buttons and engraves addresses.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The company also engraves the names of the two teams, the final score, the location of the game and its date on the trophy base.
    — Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of engraves
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  • Anthropic's method reportedly embeds an imperceptible mark during text generation, persisting through copying.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, Pilonidal disease usually occurs when hair punctures and embeds itself in a pocket of skin near the tailbone.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of embeds
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  • But Yoon infuses this neutral-tone narration with lively and intelligent dialogues among Etna and other animals (Etna can speak to every species, though Soojin is the only human).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Even after 2024 renovations, a sense of history still infuses the tall stone-and-timber facade of State Game Lodge, which served as Calvin Coolidge’s summer White House in 1927.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026
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