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Corrugated - 2 dictionary results

cor⋅ru⋅gate

[v. kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adj. kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor-] verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
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)
4. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.
–adjective
5. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L corrūgātus ptp. of corrūgāre, equiv. to cor- cor- + rūg(āre) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate 1


cor⋅ru⋅gat⋅ed, adjective
cor⋅ru⋅ga⋅tor, noun
cor·ru·gate   (kôr'ə-gāt', kŏr'-)   
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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