corrugate
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cor·ru·gate
(kôr′ə-gāt′, kŏr′-)v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates
v.tr.
To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.
v.intr.
To become shaped into such folds or ridges and grooves: "Now the immense ocean ... sensed the change. Its surface rippled and corrugated where sweeping cloud shadows touched it" (John Updike).
[Latin corrūgāre, corrūgāt-, to wrinkle up : com-, com- + rūgāre, to wrinkle (from rūga, wrinkle).]
cor′ru·gate′, cor′ru·gat′ed (-gā′tĭd) adj.
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corrugate
vb
(usually tr) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
adj
folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled
[C18: from Latin corrūgāre, from rūga a wrinkle]
ˌcorruˈgation n
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cor•ru•gate
(v. ˈkɔr əˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr-; adj. -gɪt, -ˌgeɪt)v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges; wrinkle.
v.i. 2. to become corrugated; undergo corrugation.
adj. 3. corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corrūgātus, past participle of corrūgāre=cor- cor- + rūgāre to wrinkle, derivative of rūga crease, wrinkle]
cor′ru•ga`tor, n.
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corrugate
Past participle: corrugated
Gerund: corrugating
| Imperative |
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| corrugate |
| corrugate |
| Present |
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| I corrugate |
| you corrugate |
| he/she/it corrugates |
| we corrugate |
| you corrugate |
| they corrugate |
| Preterite |
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| I corrugated |
| you corrugated |
| he/she/it corrugated |
| we corrugated |
| you corrugated |
| they corrugated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am corrugating |
| you are corrugating |
| he/she/it is corrugating |
| we are corrugating |
| you are corrugating |
| they are corrugating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have corrugated |
| you have corrugated |
| he/she/it has corrugated |
| we have corrugated |
| you have corrugated |
| they have corrugated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was corrugating |
| you were corrugating |
| he/she/it was corrugating |
| we were corrugating |
| you were corrugating |
| they were corrugating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had corrugated |
| you had corrugated |
| he/she/it had corrugated |
| we had corrugated |
| you had corrugated |
| they had corrugated |
| Future |
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| I will corrugate |
| you will corrugate |
| he/she/it will corrugate |
| we will corrugate |
| you will corrugate |
| they will corrugate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have corrugated |
| you will have corrugated |
| he/she/it will have corrugated |
| we will have corrugated |
| you will have corrugated |
| they will have corrugated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be corrugating |
| you will be corrugating |
| he/she/it will be corrugating |
| we will be corrugating |
| you will be corrugating |
| they will be corrugating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been corrugating |
| you have been corrugating |
| he/she/it has been corrugating |
| we have been corrugating |
| you have been corrugating |
| they have been corrugating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been corrugating |
| you will have been corrugating |
| he/she/it will have been corrugating |
| we will have been corrugating |
| you will have been corrugating |
| they will have been corrugating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been corrugating |
| you had been corrugating |
| he/she/it had been corrugating |
| we had been corrugating |
| you had been corrugating |
| they had been corrugating |
| Conditional |
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| I would corrugate |
| you would corrugate |
| he/she/it would corrugate |
| we would corrugate |
| you would corrugate |
| they would corrugate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have corrugated |
| you would have corrugated |
| he/she/it would have corrugated |
| we would have corrugated |
| you would have corrugated |
| they would have corrugated |
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Verb 1. corrugate - fold into ridges; "corrugate iron"
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