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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (k?r"r?-g?t), a. [L. corrugatus p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr & vb n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] 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. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corrugate v : fold into ridges; "corrugate iron"
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