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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•ru•gate (v. kôr′ə gāt′, kor′-;adj. kôr′ə git, -gāt′, kor′-),USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj. v.t. - to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges.
- to wrinkle, as the skin or face.
- Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]to make irrigation ditches in (a field).
v.i. - to become corrugated;
undergo corrugation.
adj. - corrugated;
wrinkled;
furrowed.
- Latin corrūgātus past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent. to cor- cor- + rūg(āre) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
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