corrugate
[ verb kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adjective kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor- ]
/ verb ˈkɔr əˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr-; adjective ˈkɔr ə gɪt, -ˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr- /
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.
RELATED WORDS
scrunch, rumple, pucker, crease, crumple, crinkle, wrinkle, pleat, curl, crimp, knit, bend, tuck, crisp, compress, gather, purse, twist, ruck, seam
Nearby words
- corrode,
- corrody,
- corrosion,
- corrosive,
- corrosive sublimate,
- corrugated,
- corrugated iron,
- corrugated paper,
- corrugation,
- corrugator
Origin of corrugate
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Examples from the Web for corrugate
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.
Moon-Face and Other Stories|Jack LondonFlutes, 72 four inches deep, corrugate the beast's underpart from tail to neck.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
corrugate
verb (ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪt)
(usually tr) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
adjective (ˈkɒrʊɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled
Word Origin for corrugate
C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle
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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.
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