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Webster 1913 Edition

Corrugate

Cor′ru-gate

(k?r′r?-g?t)
,
Adj.
[L.
corrugatus
, p. p. of
corrugare
;
cor-+ rugare
to wrinkle,
ruga
wrinkle; of uncertain origin.]
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

Cor′ru-gate

(-g?t)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corrugated
(-g?ˊt?d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Corrugating
(-g?ˊt?ng)
.]
To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up;
as, to
corrugate
plates of iron; to
corrugate
the forehead
.
Corrugated iron
,
sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness.
–
Corrugated paper
,
a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corrugate

CORRUGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to wrinkle, in our vulgar language, to ruck, to furrow.] To wrinkle; to draw or contract into folds; as, to corrugate the skin.

CORRUGATE

,
Adj.
Wrinkled.

Definition 2024

corrugate

corrugate

English

Verb

corrugate ‎(third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)

  1. (of the skin) To wrinkle.
  2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.

Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

corrugate ‎(comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)

  1. (obsolete) corrugated; wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed

Italian

Verb

corrugate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of corrugare
  2. second-person plural imperative of corrugare
  3. feminine plural of corrugato

Latin

Verb

corrūgāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrūgō

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