to irrigate
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
:
regar
- Farmers in this region rely on a system of canals to irrigate their fields throughout the summer.
- irrigate crops
- irrigate the land
- irrigate fields
They like a nice really well irrigated soil.
- They like a nice really well irrigated soil.
- Like it looks like it's fertilizer or they're irrigating crops, but it's just fecal matter and waste.
- In Lima, being a desert, that water is used to irrigate every single field and every single place that requires water.
- So you don't need to craft a pantyhose sub irrigated little plant pot.
Examples
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In Lima, being a desert, that water is used to irrigate every single field and every single place that requires water.
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Most of the water withdrawn from the Mekong goes to irrigating crops, mainly rice.
Academic text (2007) -
I want to be sure and tell everyone how you irrigate those flowers.
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And it would allow for the water to irrigate the crops.
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I'm gonna irrigate this entire valley.
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Next, I'm going to deeply irrigate that garden.
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Someday I'll be able to irrigate every field and make all the farms healthy again.
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When you go to irrigate your crops, you want to make sure that you give them a really good soaking.
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The treated water could then be safely used to irrigate farms in the vicinity of the built-up area.
Academic text (2003) -
The old Cornfield Ditch was expanded into the Fruitland Canal in the 1930s, irrigating almost 1,500 acres.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
To give plants or animals something to drink
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
irrigate = irrig + ate
Formed from the Latin combining form 'irrig-' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate'; the combining form is not a recognisable standalone English base, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
The word irrigate comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and rigare 'to water'. It means 'putting water into' the land, which is why it is used for supplying fields and crops with water.