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ingrown

Syllabification: (in·grown)
Pronunciation: /ˈinˌgrōn/

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Definition of ingrown

adjective

  • growing or having grown within a thing; innate:as Greek instinct or ingrown habit would have dictated
  • (of a toenail) having grown abnormally so as to press into the flesh.
  • preoccupied with oneself; inward-looking:direct mail is a clubby, ingrown world in which everybody knows everybody
  • Geology (of an incised meander) asymmetric in cross section due to lateral erosion.

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