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Webster 1913 Edition
Irrigate
Ir′ri-gate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Irrigated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Irrigating
.] [L.
irrigatus
, p. p. of irrigare
to irrigate: ir-
in + rigare
to water; prob. akin to E. rain
. See Rain
.] 1.
To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
2.
(Agric.)
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.
Webster 1828 Edition
Irrigate
IR'RIGATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew.2.
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.Definition 2024
irrigate
irrigate
English
Verb
irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)
- To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
- We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
- To clean a wound with a fluid.
- The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
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Translations
to supply farmland with water
to clean a wound with a fluid