Irrigate Definition

ĭrĭ-gāt
irrigated, irrigates, irrigating
verb
irrigated, irrigates, irrigating
To refresh by or as by watering.
Webster's New World
To supply (land) with water by means of ditches or artificial channels or by sprinklers.
Webster's New World
To wash out or flush (a cavity, wound, etc.) with water or other fluid.
Webster's New World
To irrigate land or crops.
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Origin of Irrigate

  • Latin irrigāre irrigāt- in- in in–2 rigāre to water

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin irrigare.

    From Wiktionary

Irrigate Sentence Examples

  • They need to be able to irrigate without relying solely on rain.

  • The latter is also used to irrigate a small, cultivated valley.

  • It was designed to command an area of about 22 million acres, and to irrigate annually rather less than half that area.

  • The river brings down from the mountains enough water to supply the town and irrigate a considerable area in its vicinity.

  • But to irrigate this upper 18 m., water must either be raised artificially, or supplied from another canal taking its source 18 m.

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Words Starting With

IIRIRR

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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irrigate

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IR & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With TE

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With E