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How to pronounce irrigate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms water
Type of wet
Has types hush, hose down, flush, hose
Derivation irrigation
Type Words
Type of care for, treat
Derivation irrigation


irrigate the wound.

Examples of irrigate

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New solar wells fill reservoirs during the day and irrigate the fields at night.
From the washingtontimes.com
Pressure would increase on water supplies because of the need to irrigate crops.
From the sciencedaily.com
They also have found ways to collect rain water on site to irrigate their crops.
From the buffalonews.com
Water from the pool is used in the restrooms and to irrigate neighboring gardens.
From the time.com
The school even hopes to naturally irrigate it by connecting it to the gutters.
From the stltoday.com
Without it, we'd have nothing to recharge our reservoirs or irrigate our crops.
From the sacbee.com
Palestinian farmers pay for extra water to be trucked in to irrigate their trees.
From the guardian.co.uk
However, farmers also want access to this water to irrigate their rice paddies.
From the sciencedaily.com
Irrigate the bed once a week with one inch of water, until plants are established.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Water: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
  • Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
  • (irrigation) supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
  • (irrigation) (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
  • The role of irrigation in viticulture is considered both controversial and essential to wine production. ...
  • Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. ...
  • (Irrigation (tidal)) Tidal irrigation is the subsurface irrigation of levee soils in coastal plains with river water under tidal influence. It is applied in (semi)arid zones at the mouth of a large river estuary or delta where a considerable tidal range (some 2 m) is present. ...
  • To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc; To clean a wound with a fluid
  • (irrigation) The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants