corrugate

corrugate
corrugated, adj.corrugator, n.
v. /kawr"euh gayt', kor"-/; adj. /kawr"euh git, -gayt', kor"-/, v., corrugated, corrugating, adj.
v.t.
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).
v.i.
4. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.
adj.
5. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.
[1375-1425; late ME < L corrugatus ptp. of corrugare, equiv. to cor- COR- + rug(are) to wrinkle + -atus -ATE1]

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  • Corrugate — Cor ru*gate (k?r r? g?t), a. [L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor + rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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