cor|ru|gate

cor|ru|gate
cor|ru|gate «verb. KR uh gayt, -yuh-; KOR-; adjective. KR uh- giht, -gayt, -yuh-; KOR-», verb, -gat|ed, -gat|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
to bend or shape (a surface or a thin sheet of material) into wavy folds or ridges; wrinkle; furrow.
–v.i.
to become corrugated.
–adj.
contracted into folds or wrinkles; wrinkled; furrowed.
[< Latin corrugāre (with English -ate1) < com- (intensive) + rūga wrinkle]

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