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ingrown

Pronunciation: /ˈɪngrəʊn/

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Definition of ingrown

adjective

  • 1growing or having grown within; innate:as ingrown habit would have dictated
  • (of a toenail) having grown into the flesh.
  • inward-looking:a clubby, ingrown world in which everybody knows everybody
  • 2 Geology (of an incised meander) asymmetric in cross section due to lateral erosion.

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