Definition of corrugate Corrugate

/kɔˈɹʌgejˌt/ - [korugeyt] - cor•ru•gate

We found 8 definitions of corrugate from 5 different sources.

What does corrugate mean?

WordNet

Verb

corrugeats, corrugeating, corrugeaten

corrugate - fold into ridges; "corrugate iron"

fold up, fold, turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"

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Wiktionary

corrugate (Verb)
To wrinkle.
corrugate (Verb)
To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
corrugate (Adjective)
corrugated; wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

corrugate (a.)
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
corrugate (v. t.)
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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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.]