'Ingraining' definitions:
Definition of 'ingraining'
(from WordNet)
noun
Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation, ingraining, instilling]
Definition of 'Ingraining'
From: GCIDE
- Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To dye with or in grain or kermes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. [1913 Webster]
- Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. --Helps. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ingraining'
From: GCIDE
- ingraining \ingraining\ n. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.
- Syn: inculcation, instilling. [WordNet 1.5]