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corrugate

/ˈkɒɹ.ʊˌɡeɪt/US/ˈkɔɹ.əˌɡeɪt/

corrugate verb: to wrinkle (the skin).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).
    • The latter we have given, extend their Influences to the Head and whole nervous System, at the same time that they warm, comfort, and strengthen the Fibres of the Stomach, and dissipate Flatulencies, corrugate the Membranes, and promote Digestion: […]1724, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea, page 595
  2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
    • Galvanised rust-resistant weatherproof corrugated sheet roof

Adjective

corrugate (comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)

  1. (obsolete) Corrugated, wrinkled, crumpled, furrowed.

corrugate meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

corrugate in Tamil

நெளி, வளைத்து நெளி, நெளி நெளியான, மடித்துத் திட்பமாக்கு, மடிப்புக் குறியீடு, மடிப்பிட்டு வளை

corrugate in Bengali

কুচকানো, ঢেউ খেলানো

corrugate in Kannada

ಸುಕ್ಕುಗಟ್ಟು, ಮಡಿಕೆ ಬೀಳು

Forms of corrugate

Verb
third-person singular presentcorrugates
present participlecorrugating
past participlecorrugated
pastcorrugated
Adjective
comparativemore corrugate
superlativemost corrugate

Origin of corrugate

The verb is first attested in 1620, the adjective in 1745; borrowed from Latin corrūgātus, perfect passive participle of Latin corrūgō (“to wrinkle, corrugate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + rūga (“wrinkle, crease”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up due to cold; to huddle”).

Words formed from corrugate

Questions about corrugate

What does corrugate mean?
Corrugate means to wrinkle (the skin).
What is corrugate in Tamil?
Corrugate in Tamil is நெளி, வளைத்து நெளி, நெளி நெளியான. See Corrugate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corrugate?
Corrugate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce corrugate?
Corrugate is pronounced /ˈkɒɹ.ʊˌɡeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of corrugate?
The past tense of corrugate is corrugated.

Words near corrugate in the dictionary

  1. corrs
  2. corrs.
  3. corrugant
  4. corrugaphone
  5. corrugaphones
  6. corrugate
  7. corrugated
  8. corrugated cardboard
  9. corrugated cardboards
  10. corrugated iron
  11. corrugated lens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corrugate (page history and authors); corrugate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrugate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrugate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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