'Ingrown' definitions:
Definition of 'ingrown'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail" [syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
Definition of 'Ingrown'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'ingrown'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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