Definition of irrigate Irrigate

/ɪˈɹʌgejˌt/ - [irugeyt] - ir•ri•gate

We found 10 definitions of irrigate from 6 different sources.

What does irrigate mean?

Verb irrigates, irrigating, irrigated
irrigate - supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
irrigate - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
		water
		wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
		hose, hose down water with a hose; "hose the lawn"
		flush cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
		hush run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

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irrigate (Verb)
To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
irrigate (Verb)
To clean a wound with a fluid.

irrigate (v. t.)
To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
irrigate (v. t.)
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

irrigate
To supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow or grow stronger.
irrigate
To rinse out a wound or bodily cavity.

irrigate
ir′i-gāt, v.t. to water: to wet or moisten: to cause water to flow upon.—adj. Irr′igable, capable of being irrigated.—ns. Irrigā′tion, a method of producing or increasing fertility in soils by an artificial supply of water, or by inundating them at stated periods: act of watering, esp. of watering lands artificially; Irrigat′or, one who, or that which, irrigates: an appliance for washing a wound, &c.—adj. Irrig′uous, watered: wet. [L. irrigāre, -ātum—in, upon, rigāre, to wet; cf. Ger. regen, Eng. rain.]