ingrown

«ingrown» in Mova's school dictionary: Grown into the skin instead of out of it, which can hurt… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (ingrown; also ingrowing, UK)

meaning for a pupil

(of a toenail or hair) Grown into the skin instead of out of it, which can hurt and become infected. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and hygiene: cut toenails straight across, not too short, and wear shoes that fit to avoid ingrown toenails. A red, sore, swollen toe may need a doctor or podiatrist. Phrases: «an ingrown toenail», «an ingrown hair».

examples

• I have an ingrown toenail, and it hurts. tree →
• Cut your toenails straight across to stop them becoming ingrown. tree →
• Tight shoes can cause ingrown toenails. tree →
• The doctor treated my ingrown toenail. tree →
• An ingrown hair made a small red bump. tree →
• Soaking an ingrown toenail in warm water helps. tree →

note

In British English «ingrowing toenail» is also common. Spelling: one word, in + grown. Used before a noun: an ingrown toenail.

In the corpora

• Cutting toenails straight across helps stop ingrown toenails, where the edge grows into the skin and can get sore and infected.
• Toenails cut too short or curved can grow into the skin, which is called an ingrown toenail.
• A sore, red, swollen toe beside the nail may be an ingrown toenail, so you tell a parent.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ingrown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.