irrigate
verb/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they irrigate | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it irrigates | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple irrigated | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle irrigated | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form irrigating | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- irrigate something to supply water to an area of land, typically through pipes or channels, so that crops will grow
- irrigated land/crops
- The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab.
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- irrigate something (medical) to wash out a wound or part of the body with a flow of water or liquid
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’.
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