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Meaning of 'irrigate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irrigate [ v. t.]
- To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
- To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

Meaning of 'irrigate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irrigate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
Example in sentence:
  • irrigate the wound
Meaning (2):
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
Example in sentence:
  • Water the fields

Nearby Words:

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