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[syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ingrown \In"grown`\, a.
Having grown or appearing to grow into some other substance,
especially a fingernail or toenail growing into the adjacent
flesh.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Ingrown toenail, a toenail whose edges have becoming
imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ingrown
adj 1: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"
[syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingrown":
confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded,
deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled,
dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved,
entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, graven,
implanted, impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed,
ingrained, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, old-line,
on a rock, on bedrock, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, vested,
well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set,
well-settled