Lexic.us

Definition of Irrigate

1. Verb. Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. "Water the fields"

2. Verb. Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting. "Irrigate the wound"

Definition of Irrigate

1. v. t. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

Definition of Irrigate

1. Verb. To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc. ¹

2. Verb. To clean a wound with a fluid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irrigate

1. to supply with water by artificial means [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]

Medical Definition of Irrigate

1. 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. Origin: L. Irrigatus, p. P. Of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. Akin to E. Rain. See Rain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrigate

irrevocableness irrevocably irrevokable irrevokably irrevoluble irrhythmic irrhythmically irridenta irridentas irridentism

irridentist irridescent irrigable irrigably irrigatable irrigate (current term) irrigated irrigates irrigating irrigation

irrigation ditch irrigational irrigations irrigator irrigators irriguous irrisible irrision irrisions irrisory

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