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Irrigate

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Verb

1. irrigate, water

supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

Example Sentences:
'Water the fields'

2. irrigate

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

Example Sentences:
'irrigate the wound'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Irrigate

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verb
1. 
to supply (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops
2. medicine
to bathe or wash out a bodily part, cavity, or wound
3. (transitive)
to make fertile, fresh, or vital by or as if by watering

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Irrigate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈirriˌgated or ˈirriˌgating
1. 
to refresh by or as by watering
2. 
to supply (land) with water by means of ditches or artificial channels or by sprinklers
3.  Medicine
to wash out or flush (a cavity, wound, etc.) with water or other fluid

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Irrigate

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v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates
v.tr.
1. To supply (land or crops) with water by means of pipes, sprinklers, ditches, or streams.
2. To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.
v.intr.
To irrigate land or crops.

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