- (usually tr) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
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cor•ru•gate
(v. kôr′ə gāt′, kor′-;adj. kôr′ə git, -gāt′, kor′-),USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj.
v.t.
v.i.
adj.
cor′ru•gat′ed, adj.
cor′ru•ga′tor, n.
v.t.
- to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.
- to wrinkle, as the skin or face.
- Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]to make irrigation ditches in (a field).
v.i.
- to become corrugated;
undergo corrugation.
adj.
- corrugated;
wrinkled;
furrowed.
- Latin corrūgātus past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent. to cor- cor- + rūg(āre) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
cor′ru•ga′tor, n.
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corrugate vb /ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪt/
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