corrugate (redirected from corrugates)

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).

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[Latin corrgre, corrgt-, to wrinkle up : com-, com- + rgre, to wrinkle (from rga, wrinkle).]

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corru·gate, corru·gated (-gtd) adj.

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corrugate

Verb

[-gating, -gated] to fold into alternate grooves and ridges [Latin corrugare]

corrugation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

corrugate - fold into ridges; "corrugate iron" fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"