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corrugate
[ verb kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adjective kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor- ]
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.
corrugate
verb
- usually tr to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
adjective
- folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled
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Derived Forms
- ˌcorruˈgation, noun
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Other Words From
- cor·ru·gat·ed adjective
- cor·ru·ga·tor noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corrugate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corrugate1
C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle
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Example Sentences
His face would grow grim, the seam-worn forehead would corrugate, the muscles of his jaw throb nervously.
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Le Borgne's cheeks corrugate in wrinkles of bronze that leer an evil laugh, and he pretends not to understand.
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Yet we had watched his smooth brow furrow and corrugate as under some carking care or devouring sorrow.
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However, "broad-browed Verulam," let not that brow's breadth cloud or corrugate in vexation at my persiflage.
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Flutes, 72 four inches deep, corrugate the beast's underpart from tail to neck.
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