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1. (v.t.) irrigate
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
2. irrigate
to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid.
3. irrigate
to moisten; wet.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, =ir-ir -1+rigāre to provide with water, soak)
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| Definition of 'irrigate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) water, irrigate
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
"Water the fields"
2. (verb) irrigate
supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
"irrigate the wound"
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1. (verb) irrigate
to supply water to an area of land
to irrigate crops
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| Definition of 'irrigate' |
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1. (verb) irrigate
to water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew
2. (verb) irrigate
to water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels
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Sense: to supply water to (land), especially by canals or other artificial means.
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 Afrikaans: besproei |
 Arabic: يَسْقي |
 Bulgarian: напоявам |
 Brazilian: irrigar |
 Czech: zavlažit |
 German: bewässern |
 Danish: vande |
 Greek: αρδεύω |
 Spanish: regar, irrigar |
 Estonian: kastma |
 Farsi: آب رسانی کردن |
 Finnish: kastella |
 French: irriguer |
 Hebrew: לְהַשקוֹת |
 Hindi: सीचना |
 Croatian: navodnjavati |
 Hungarian: öntöz |
 Indonesian: mengairi |
 Icelandic: veita vatniá |
 Italian: irrigare |
 Japanese: かんがいする |
 Korean: 관개하다 |
 Lithuanian: drėkinamas |
 Latvian: apūdeņot |
 Malay: mengairi |
 Dutch: irrigeren |
 Norwegian: vanne kunstig, irrigere |
 Polish: nawadniać |
 Persian: آبيارى کردن |
 Pashto: اوبه وركول |
 Portuguese: irrigar |
 Romanian: a iriga |
 Russian: орошать |
 Slovak: zavlažiť |
 Slovenian: namakati |
 Serbian: navodnjavati |
 Swedish: [konst]bevattna |
 Thai: ทดน้ำ |
 Turkish: sulamak |
 Taiwanese: 灌溉 |
 Ukrainian: зрошувати |
 Urdu: آبپاشی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tưới |
 Chinese: 灌溉 |
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