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irrigate
[ir-i-geyt]
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
Medicine/Medical.to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid.
to moisten; wet.
irrigate
/ ˈɪɪˌɡɪ /
verb
to supply (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops
med to bathe or wash out a bodily part, cavity, or wound
(tr) to make fertile, fresh, or vital by or as if by watering
Other 51Թ Forms
- irrigator noun
- nonirrigated adjective
- nonirrigating adjective
- overirrigate verb (used with object)
- reirrigate verb (used with object)
- unirrigated adjective
- well-irrigated adjective
- ˌˈپDz noun
- ˌˈپDzal adjective
- ˈˌٴǰ noun
- ˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of irrigate1
Example Sentences
Soft fruit and vegetable production, mainly based in the south and east of the country, often requires large volumes of water to irrigate crops.
He had to start irrigating his fields in March.
They added that much of the Southern California farmland that relies on Colorado River water is “either fully or partially irrigated via flood irrigation, which uses much more water than drip and sprinkler irrigation.”
Cotton growers objected to irrigating 1 million acres in the Imperial Valley, corn farmers objected to a million more acres of corn, and wheat growers to a million competing acres of wheat.
In the San Joaquin Valley, farmers use the water to irrigate pistachios, almonds, grapes, tomatoes, hay and other crops.
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