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irrigate

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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.

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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C. S. Lewis

irrigate the wound Source: Internet

Water the fields Source: Internet

Although a reinforced concrete weir has replaced Li Bing's original weighted bamboo baskets, the layout of the infrastructure remains the same and is still in use today to irrigate over 5,300 square kilometers of land in the region. Source: Internet

American Airlines promptly identified and corrected these violations of the Clean Air Act. citation American Airlines' wastewater treatment plant recycles water used at the base to wash aircraft, process rinse water tanks, and irrigate landscape. Source: Internet

Automatically moving wheeled systems known as traveling sprinklers may irrigate areas such as small farms, sports fields, parks, pastures, and cemeteries unattended. Source: Internet

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