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Ingrown
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Ingrown
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1.
(esp of a toenail) grown abnormally into the flesh; covered by adjacent tissues
2.
grown within; native; innate
3.
excessively concerned with oneself, one's own particular group, etc
4.
ingrained
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Ingrown
see synonyms of ingrown adjective
1.
grown within, inward, or into; esp., grown into the flesh: said as of a toenail that curves under at the sides
2.
inborn; native; innate
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Ingrown
see synonyms of ingrownadj.
1. Grown abnormally into the flesh: an ingrown toenail.
2. Innate or inveterate: ingrown habits.
3. Having the attention focused inward; having little exchange with others; insular: "the small, ingrown world of lower Manhattan" (Forbes).
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