Definitions for irrigate
ˈɪr ɪˌgeɪtir·ri·gate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. water, irrigateverb

   supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

   "Water the fields"

2. irrigateverb

   supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting

   "irrigate the wound"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irrigateverb

   (Med.) To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow or spray of a liquid.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irrigateverb

   To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

2. irrigateverb

   To clean a wound with a fluid

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To IRRIGATEverb

   To wet; to moisten; to water.

   Etymology: irrigo, Latin.

   The heart, which is one of the principal parts of the body, doth continually irrigate, nourish, keep hot, and supple all the members. John Ray, on the Creation.

   A bulky charger near their lips,
   With which, in often interrupted sleep,
   Their frying blood compels to irrigate
   Their dry furr'd tongues. Ambrose Philips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irrigate

   Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. In addition to these uses, irrigation is also employed to protect crops from frost, suppress weed growth in grain fields, and prevent soil consolidation. It is also used to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location, is often studied in conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the oldest form of irrigation and has been in use for thousands of years. In sprinkler irrigation, water is piped to one or more central locations within the field and distributed by overhead high-pressure water devices. Micro-irrigation is a system that distributes water under low pressure through a piped network and applies it as a small discharge to each plant. Micro-irrigation uses less pressure and water flow than sprinkler irrigation. Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the root zone of plants. Subirrigation has been used in field crops in areas with high water tables for many years. It involves artificially raising the water table to moisten the soil below the root zone of plants. Irrigation water can come from groundwater (extracted from springs or by using wells), from surface water (withdrawn from rivers, lakes or reservoirs) or from non-conventional sources like treated wastewater, desalinated water, drainage water, or fog collection. Irrigation can be supplementary to rainfall, which is common in many parts of the world as rainfed agriculture, or it can be full irrigation, where crops rarely rely on any contribution from rainfall. Full irrigation is less common and only occurs in arid landscapes with very low rainfall or when crops are grown in semi-arid areas outside of rainy seasons. The environmental effects of irrigation relate to the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the subsequent effects on natural and social conditions in river basins and downstream of an irrigation scheme. The effects stem from the altered hydrological conditions caused by the installation and operation of the irrigation scheme. Amongst some of these problems is depletion of underground aquifers through overdrafting. Soil can be over-irrigated due to poor distribution uniformity or management wastes water, chemicals, and may lead to water pollution. Over-irrigation can cause deep drainage from rising water tables that can lead to problems of irrigation salinity requiring watertable control by some form of subsurface land drainage.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irrigate

   To irrigate means to supply water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels or by spraying water. It can also refer to the medical process of washing out a wound or body cavity with a fluid.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irrigateverb

   to water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew

2. Irrigateverb

   to water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels

3. Etymology: [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See Rain.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irrigate

   ir′i-gāt, v.t. to water: to wet or moisten: to cause water to flow upon.—adj. Irr′igable, capable of being irrigated.—ns. Irrigā′tion, a method of producing or increasing fertility in soils by an artificial supply of water, or by inundating them at stated periods: act of watering, esp. of watering lands artificially; Irrigat′or, one who, or that which, irrigates: an appliance for washing a wound, &c.—adj. Irrig′uous, watered: wet. [L. irrigāre, -ātum—in, upon, rigāre, to wet; cf. Ger. regen, Eng. rain.]

Matched Categories

1. • Treat
   • Wet

How to pronounce irrigate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say irrigate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of irrigate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of irrigate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of irrigate in a Sentence

1. Katie Taylor:

   They simply can't afford the fuel it takes to irrigate in the summer season, when it's very hot, but the problem is, that's also when crops get the highest prices at market.

2. Boris Rouquet:

   Unless the lake is filled sufficiently, farmers will not be able to irrigate, and the survival of many farms is at stake.

3. Richard Connor:

   Whether it's a water treatment facility or a system to bring water to fields to irrigate, you're not just funding that project, you're creating a multiplier effect: jobs are being created because water becomes available.

4. David Gutierrez:

   It's out of balance, the groundwater is not getting restocked as quickly as they’re taking it out to irrigate their land.

5. Liz Bentley:

   There's a number of crops that are really struggling due to either lack of rainfall, like the potato crop here relies on rainfall, they don't usually take water from anywhere else to irrigate the fields. And even some of the other crops that do take water from from rivers, for example, to irrigate fields, they're really struggling at the moment, even in current conditions, yields are going to be down for a number of crops and the price of these things are going to go up, and obviously that's due to drought here in The UK. But there's other things going on across Europe.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=irrigate
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=irrigate
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irrigate
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=irrigate
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigate
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrigate
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=irrigate