corrugate

[ verb kawr-uh-geyt, kor-; adjective kawr-uh-git, -geyt, kor- ]

verb (used with object)

, cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.

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)

, cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing.

1. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.

adjective

1. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.

corrugate

verb

1. usually tr to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges

adjective

1. folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled

Derived Forms

• ˌcorruˈgation, noun

Other Words From

• cor·ru·gat·ed adjective
• cor·ru·ga·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrugate¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corrūgātus, past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent to cor- “with, together” + rūg(āre) “to wrinkle” + -ātus past participle suffix; cor-, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrugate¹

C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle

Example Sentences

In the background are exposed brick buildings with corrugated iron roofs, ploughed fields, mango trees and maize crops.

From BBC

His brother Jibreel has covered the grave with plastic sheeting, some concrete blocks and a sheet of corrugated iron.

From BBC

The road is flanked on each side by rusted four-barred fences, behind which lie a couple of buildings with corrugated iron roofs.

From Salon

The arched, corrugated steel building had been used by the Navy during World War II and more recently by a waterbed manufacturer that had gone out of business.

From Los Angeles Times

In another enclosure, Mozart, a three-legged gray fox with no spleen, peered warily from a tunnel of corrugated tubing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• crease
• crumple
• pucker
• rumple
• screw up
• scrunch