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irrigate /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt /verb [with object]1Supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels.While rainfall registers about 50 inches per year, growers often have to irrigate their crops during extended drought periods....- Growers are responsible only for irrigating the crop, making it an attractive alternative for farms with adequate irrigation water.
- Rebecca uses a sprinkler system to irrigate her crops.
Synonyms water, bring water to; spray, soak, deluge, flood, inundate; make fertile 1.1(Of a river or stream) supply (land) with water.It has a small cultivable area to be irrigated by these rivers....- The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab, which produce most of the wheat and paddy that Indians eat and, if any left, export.
- The river irrigates the site and enables crops to be transported for trade.
2 Medicine Wash out (an organ or wound) with a continuous flow of water or medication.For 8 days, the wound was irrigated with normal saline using a 35-cc syringe and a 19-gauge needle....- The surgeon copiously irrigates the wound with sterile saline solution and checks for leaks or bleeding.
- The surgeon thoroughly irrigated the wound with antibiotic irrigation.
Derivativesirrigable /ˈɪrɪɡəb(ə)l / adjective ...- Land has been classified according to 6 land-use capability groups, of which classes 1 through 3 are efficiently irrigable.
- Mine-tailing has reportedly damaged 40,000 hectares of irrigable farmland.
- This canal will nurture 2,135 acres of irrigable land and create another 300 acres of irrigable land.
irrigator /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtə / noun ...- Last year, 125,000 megalitres of water, about 60,000 Olympic swimming pools, was kept back from irrigators to keep the river healthy.
- I guess I'm not heartened by irrigators suggesting - quite appropriately - that they will now change their practices so that they'll reduce their impact.
- Because it's the Queensland Government's job to regulate its irrigators, there's the perception of state self-interest in this.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin irrigat- 'moistened', from the verb irrigare, from in- 'into' + rigare 'moisten, wet'. |