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corrugate

[verb kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adjective kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor-]
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verb (used with object), cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.
  1. to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.
  2. to wrinkle, as the skin or face.
  3. Western U.S. to make irrigation ditches in (a field).
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verb (used without object), cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.
  1. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.
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adjective
  1. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.
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Origin of corrugate

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corrūgātus past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent to cor- cor- + rūg(āre) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate1
Related formscor·ru·gat·ed, adjectivecor·ru·ga·tor, nounun·cor·ru·gat·ed, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • Flutes, 72 four inches deep, corrugate the beast's underpart from tail to neck.

    Seven Legs Across the Seas

    Samuel Murray

  • However, "broad-browed Verulam," let not that brow's breadth cloud or corrugate in vexation at my persiflage.

  • Yet we had watched his smooth brow furrow and corrugate as under some carking care or devouring sorrow.

British Dictionary definitions for corrugate

corrugate

verb (ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪt)
  1. (usually tr) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
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adjective (ˈkɒrʊɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
  1. folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled
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Derived Formscorrugation, noun

Word Origin

C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle
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Word Origin and History for corrugate

v.

1620s; implied earlier as a past participle adjective (early 15c.), from Latin corrugatus, past participle of corrugare "to wrinkle very much," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rugare "to wrinkle," of unknown origin.

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