adj.
Pronunciation: - ˌ gr ō n
Function: adjective
Date: 1670
1 : grown in specifically : having the free tip or edge embedded in the flesh <an ingrown toenail>
2 : having the direction of growth or activity or interest inward rather than outward <swarms of ingrown , infighting bureaucracies ― H. R. Cilley>
– in · grown · ness \ ( ˌ )in- ' gr ō n-n ə s \ noun