irrigate

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

water wash dew gargle route send thin drink WET flood irrigation spray redirect divert dilute
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Antonyms

increase improve soil DRY raise sand
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Hypernyms

treat WET care for

Hyponyms

hush flush hose hose down

Related terms

irrigation irrigator

Derivatives

irrigated Irrigating

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

irrigably irrigant irrigatable irrigation irrigation ditch irrigational