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corrugated

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cor·ru·gate  (kôr-gt, kr-)
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 corrgre, corrgt-, to wrinkle up : com-, com- + rgre, to wrinkle (from rga, wrinkle).]

corru·gate, corru·gated (-gtd) adj.
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Adj.1.corrugated - shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated"
furrowed, rugged - having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

corrugated
adjective furrowed, channelled, ridged, grooved, wrinkled, creased, fluted, rumpled, puckered, crinkled sheets of corrugated iron
Translations
corrugated [ˈkɒrəgeɪtɪd]
A. ADJondulado
B. CPD corrugated cardboard Ncartón m ondulado
corrugated iron Nhierro m ondulado, calamina f (LAm)
corrugated paper Npapel m ondulado

corrugated [ˈkɒrəgeɪtɪd] adj
[metal] → ondulé(e)
corrugated cardboard → carton m ondulé
[roof] → en tôle ondulée
corrugated iron ntôle f ondulée

corrugated
adjgewellt; corrugated cardboarddicke Wellpappe

corrugated [ˈkɒrəˌgeɪtɪd] adjondulato/a, increspato/a

corrugated
adj corrugated [ˈkorəgeitid]
shaped into ridges corrugated iron. geriffeld مُمَوَّج، مُضَلَّـع гофриран vlnitý bølge-; bølget gewellt κυματοειδής corrugado, ondulado laine- شیار دار aalto- ondulé גַלִי सिकोड़ना, झुर्री डालना valovit hullám- bergelombang bárujárn ondulato 波形になった 골지게 하다 gofruotas rievots; gofrēts berombak-ombak gegolfd bølget, bølge-, riflet karbowany, falisty ondulado ondulat рифлёный vlnitý valovit naboran korrugerad, veckad, räfflad มีพื้นผิวเป็นลูกฟูก oluklu 起皺的, 波浪狀的 гофрований, рифлений شكن دار، سلوٹ‍وں والا có nếp , 使


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Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was
There was no water in the bared and burning bars of the river to reflect the vertical sun, but under its direct rays one or two tinned roofs and corrugated zinc cabins struck fire, a few canvas tents became dazzling to the eye, and the white wooded corral of the stage office and hotel insupportable.
Its back was corrugated and ornamented with ungainly bosses, and a greenish incrustation blotched it here and there.
 
 
 
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