irrigate
To supply with water, by building ditches, pipes, etcTo supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
» Algeria needs to irrigate more crops.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
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ороша́тьorošátʹ, ороси́тьorosítʹ, ирриги́роватьirrigírovatʹ
зро́шуватиzróšuvaty, зроси́тиzrosýty
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
(transitive)To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
промыва́тьpromyvátʹ, промы́тьpromýtʹ, спринцева́тьsprincevátʹ
Examples
19 sentencesAlgeria needs to irrigate more crops.
Benedito irrigated the crops with water.
She irrigates the flowers each night.
Allow him to irrigate the land.
These plants are irrigated with well water.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigFirst attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).
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Forms
irrigates, irrigating, irrigated, irrigatedSynonyms
1 synonyms- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams:water
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle