Meaning & use
irrigate
To supply land or crops with water through channels, pipes, or sprinklers.
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Farmers irrigate the fields every morning during the dry summer months.
The new canal was built to irrigate thousands of acres of farmland.
A note on using this word
Irrigate is also used in medicine, meaning to flush a wound or body cavity with a stream of liquid.
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