verb

irrigate

to supply water to, to wash out (a wound)

Farmers irrigate the fields in the dry season.

Farmers irrigate the fields in the dry season.

The nurse will irrigate the wound to clean it.

The nurse will irrigate the wound to clean it.

((sth.)) to supply water to (sth.) Farmers irrigate the fields in the dry season.

Synonyms: water, moisten, flood

From Latin 'irrigare' (to water), from 'ir-' (into) + 'rigare' (to water, moisten).

Imagine a river going 'ir-' (into) the fields to water them.

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