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ingrow

UK/ɪnˈɡɹəʊ/US/ɪnˈɡɹoʊ/

ingrow verb: to grow in; grow inwardly.

Verb

ingrow (third-person singular simple present ingrows, present participle ingrowing, simple past ingrew, past participle 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

Proper noun capitalized: Ingrow

Ingrow

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

ingrow meaning in Bengali

ingrow in Bengali

ভেতরে বাড়া, ভেতরের দিকে বাড়া

Forms of ingrow

third-person singular presentingrows
present participleingrowing
pastingrew
past participleingrown

Origin of ingrow

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

Words formed from ingrow

Questions about ingrow

What does ingrow mean?
Ingrow means to grow in; grow inwardly.
What is ingrow in Bengali?
Ingrow in Bengali is ভেতরে বাড়া, ভেতরের দিকে বাড়া. See Ingrow meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ingrow?
Ingrow can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ingrow?
Ingrow is pronounced /ɪnˈɡɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of ingrow?
The past tense of ingrow is ingrew.

Words near ingrow in the dictionary

  1. ingrounds
  2. ingroup
  3. ingrouped
  4. ingrouping
  5. ingroups
  6. ingrow
  7. ingrowing
  8. ingrown
  9. ingrownness
  10. ingrows
  11. ingrowth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingrow (page history and authors); Ingrow (page history and authors); ingrow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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