irrigate
To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
Example
“We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.”
Other meanings
To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
“The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.”
Synonyms
- water
Related words
- bioirrigated
- nonirrigated
- unirrigated
- bioirrigate
- irrigable
- irrigatable
- overirrigate
- reirrigate
- subirrigate
- underirrigate
- bioirrigating
- nonirrigating
Word history
From Latin "irrigātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “irrigate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.