corrugate

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His face would grow grim, the seam-worn forehead would corrugate, the muscles of his jaw throb nervously.

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  1. transitive verb To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.
  2. intransitive verb 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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  • The UK firm reports that the seven per cent saving was achieved through a range of initiatives including a 41 per cent reduction in manufacturing gas consumption; a 37 per cent decrease in manufacturing electricity consumption; and 10.5 per cent from the light-weighting of corrugate boxes. —  FoodProductionDaily RSS
  • The UK firm reports that the 7 per cent saving was achieved through a range of initiatives that include: A 41 per cent reduction in manufacturing gas consumption; a 37 per cent decrease in manufacturing electricity consumption; and 10.5 per cent from the light-weighting of corrugate boxes. —  BakeryAndSnacks RSS
  • A classic example is that office paper is downcycled into newsprint, then paperboard or corrugate, then toilet paper, which is flushed and likely winds up in a landfill as sewage sludge. —  Inc.com
  • Better yet, have your corrugate delivered as close to just-in-time as possible.
  • The frame is continuously reused, and requires less corrugate for each promotion, thus lowering the size and weight of the promotional elements shipped to retail stores. —  Rfidjournal.com NEWS RSS Feed
 

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  1. Latin corrūgāre, corrūgāt-, to wrinkle up : com-, com- + rūgāre, to wrinkle (from rūga, wrinkle).

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  1. from Latin corrugatus, past participle of corrugare, conrugare (later Italian corrugare = Spanish corrugar), wrinkle, from com-, together, + rugare, wrinkle, from ruga, a wrinkle, fold.
  2. from Latin corrugatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈkɑrugeɪt/
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