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Definition of "ingrown" [in•grown]

  • Grown abnormally into the flesh: an ingrown toenail. (adjective)
  • Inbred; innate: ingrown habits. (adjective)
  • Insular; self-contained: "the small, ingrown world of lower Manhattan” ( Forbes). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ingrown" in a sentence
  • "Truth, purity, firmness, love to Jesus, all that belongs to a formal conversion and more, is centralized thus in the soul, as a kind of ingrown habit."
  • "Cheever's flickering back and forth between a yearning for light and the destructive lure (alcoholic, carnal) of darkness is rendered on a scale at once "ingrown" and vast."
  • "Transdermal electrolysis can be particularly beneficial for treating conditions such as ingrown hairs and distorted follicles."
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