corrugate — to form or shape into folds, ridges, or furrows; to wrinkle
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to form or shape into folds, ridges, or furrows; to wrinkle
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkɔːrəɡeɪt/
Korean meaning: 주름을 만들다, 골을 내다, 물결 모양으로 만들다
Korean pronunciation: **코**러게이트
Example Sentences
- My forehead corrugated with worry when I saw my credit card bill.
- The architect chose corrugated metal panels for their modern building design.
- The dog's face corrugated in confusion when his owner spoke French to him.
corrugate
VERB//ˈkɔːrəɡeɪt//
to form or shape into folds, ridges, or furrows; to wrinkle
a factory worker feeds flat cardboard sheets into a large corrugating machine with visible rollers. The machine transforms the smooth material as it passes through the mechanical rollers. The flat cardboard emerges on the other side with distinct parallel ridges and furrows running across its surface. Another worker catches the newly corrugated sheets which now have the characteristic wavy pattern. The supervisor points approvingly at the perfectly formed ridges and valleys in the material. flat material being formed into folds, ridges, and furrows through the corrugating process
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin corrugatus, meaning 'to wrinkle together' or 'gather into folds.' The word describes creating regular ridges and furrows in a surface, like the wavy pattern in corrugated cardboard.
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“My forehead corrugated with worry when I saw my credit card bill.”
“The architect chose corrugated metal panels for their modern building design.”
“The dog's face corrugated in confusion when his owner spoke French to him.”
“The heat caused the plastic sheet to corrugate and lose its smooth surface.”
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