corrugate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fold into ridges
    • corrugate iron

WordNet

Cor"ru*gate adjective
Etymology
L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.
Definitions
  1. Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
Cor"ru*gate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Corrugated present participle & verbal noun Corrugating
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913