corrugate

[ verb kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adjective kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor- ]

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).

verb (used without object)

, cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.

1. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.

adjective

1. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.

corrugate

verb

1. usually tr to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges

adjective

1. folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled

Derived Forms

• ˌcorruˈgation, noun

Other Words From

• cor·ru·gat·ed adjective
• cor·ru·ga·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrugate¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corrūgātus, past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent to cor- “with, together” + rūg(āre) “to wrinkle” + -ātus past participle suffix; cor-, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrugate¹

C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle

Example Sentences

It’s a corrugated metal box—a two-stall outhouse with a little wooden flag that you can prop up while using the facilities—and it has a view more than worthy of its name.

From Outside Online

After getting transferred away from the park in 2015, Ranger Ross has been letting backcountry campers rent out his off-grid, corrugated metal cabin in the painted desert of Arizona and making them smile ever since.

From Outside Online

His face would grow grim, the seam-worn forehead would corrugate, the muscles of his jaw throb nervously.

From Project Gutenberg

Le Borgne's cheeks corrugate in wrinkles of bronze that leer an evil laugh, and he pretends not to understand.

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

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

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

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Related Words

• crease
• crumple
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