ingrow

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UK/ɪnˈɡɹəʊ/US/ɪnˈɡɹoʊ/

verb

To grow in; grow inwardly.

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Meanings

ingrow1

verbingrow (third-person singular simple present ingrows, present participle ingrowing, simple past ingrew, past participle ingrown)

present singular third person ingrows · participle present ingrowing · past ingrew · participle past ingrown

  1. To grow in; grow inwardly.
  2. To become ingrown.

    The toe nail should always extend to the end of the toe and it will never ingrow.

    1911, The Medical Fortnightly

Ingrow2

proper noun
  1. A suburb of Keighley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0539).

Origin

Back-formation from ingrown, equivalent to in- + grow.

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Translations

German einwachsen, einwachsen
  • einwachsento grow in, to grow inwardly
  • einwachsento become ingrown
Polish wrastać, wrosnąć
  • wrastaćto grow in, to grow inwardly
  • wrosnąćto grow in, to grow inwardly
  • wrastaćto become ingrown
  • wrosnąćto become ingrown

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rowing
Cite this entry
APA

ingrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrow

MLA

“ingrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingrow.

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