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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. growing abnormally into the flesh;
- Example: "an ingrown toenail"
[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