cor·ru·gate
Audio Help [v. kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adj. kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor-] Pronunciation Key verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing, adjective
Audio Help [v. kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adj. kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor-] Pronunciation Key verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing, adjective –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–adjective
| 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). |
| 4. | to become corrugated; undergo corrugation. |
| 5. | corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed. |
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Corrugated
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| cor·ru·gate
Audio Help (kôr'ə-gāt', kŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v. tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v. intr. To become shaped into such folds or ridges and grooves: "Now the immense ocean . . . sensed the change. Its surface rippled and corrugated where sweeping cloud shadows touched it" (John Updike). [Latin corrūgāre, corrūgāt-, to wrinkle up : com-, com- + rūgāre, to wrinkle (from rūga, wrinkle).] cor'ru·gate', cor'ru·gat'ed (-gā'tĭd) adj. |
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| corrugated | |
adjective | |
| shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
corrugated [ˈkorəgeitid] adjective
shaped into ridges
Example: corrugated iron
Example: corrugated iron
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