What does corrugate mean?
Definitions for corrugate
ˈkɔr əˌgeɪt, ˈkɒr-; -gɪt, -ˌgeɪtcor·ru·gate
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Princeton's WordNet
corrugateverb
fold into ridges
"corrugate iron"
Wiktionary
corrugateverb
To wrinkle
corrugateverb
to fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CORRUGATEverb
To wrinkle or purse up; as the skin is drawn into wrinkles by cold, or any other cause. John Quincy
Etymology: corrugo, Latin.
The cramp cometh of contraction of sinews: it cometh either by cold or dryness; for cold and dryness do both of them contract and corrugate. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 964.
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corrugate
To corrugate is to shape or bend into alternate ridges and grooves, typically in order to create rigidity or strength. This technique is often used in the production of cardboard or metal sheets.
Webster Dictionary
Corrugateadjective
wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows
Corrugateverb
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
Etymology: [L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corrugate
kor′oo-gāt, v.t. to wrinkle or draw into folds.—p.adjs. Corr′ugant; Corr′ugated.—ns. Corrugā′tion, the act of wrinkling or being wrinkled: a wrinkle; Corr′ugator (anat.) one of the two muscles that wrinkle the brow.—Corrugated metal, metal passed between pairs of rollers with ridged surfaces, the ridges of one fitting into the hollows of the other, the plates operated on being bent and compressed into the wavy outline of the rolls. [L. cor, inten., rugāre, -ātum, to wrinkle—ruga, a wrinkle.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corrugate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corrugate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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