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.

to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.

to wrinkle, as the skin or face.

Western U.S. to make irrigation ditches in (a field).

verb (used without object), cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.

to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.

adjective

corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.

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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Related Words for corrugate

scrunch, rumple, pucker, crease, crumple, crinkle, wrinkle, pleat, curl, crimp, knit, bend, tuck, crisp, compress, gather, purse, twist, ruck, seam

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Historical Examples of corrugate

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.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 31, 1887
Various
Yet we had watched his smooth brow furrow and corrugate as under some carking care or devouring sorrow.
Moon-Face and Other Stories
Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for corrugate

corrugate

verb (ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪt)

(usually tr) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges

adjective (ˈkɒrʊɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)

folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled

Derived Formscorrugation, noun

Word Origin for corrugate

C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle

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Word Origin and History for corrugate

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.