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corrugates

corrugates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corrugate.

Meaning of corrugate

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

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Questions about corrugates

What is corrugates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Corrugates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corrugate.

Words near corrugates in the dictionary

  1. corrugated cardboard
  2. corrugated cardboards
  3. corrugated iron
  4. corrugated lens
  5. corrugated lenses
  6. corrugates
  7. corrugating
  8. corrugation
  9. corrugations
  10. corrugator
  11. corrugator cutis ani

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