Meaning

1 senses

  1. An ingrown hair.

    eingewachsen

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I have an ingrown toenail that's bugging the shit out of me.

    darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Do you know of a good hospital for fixing my ingrown eyelashes?

    tsp_2 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that has grown inwards or abnormally towards (part of the body):

Origin

From in- + grown.

From in- + grown.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: ingrowns
Singularingrown
Pluralingrowns

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedingrow
Derivedingrownness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ingrainingratiateC2ingratitudeingredientB1inhabitB2inhabitantB1inhalation

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

ingrown — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto