Associations to the word «Irrigate»
Noun
- Irrigation
- Cereal
- Farmland
- Hectare
- Ditch
- Crop
- Orchard
- Sugarcane
- Canal
- Paddy
- Catheter
- Euphrates
- Rice
- Groundwater
- Wastewater
- Cultivation
- Agriculture
- Reclamation
- Acre
- Oasis
- Swamp
- Dam
- Grassland
- Aqueduct
- Reservoir
- Savanna
- Maize
- Pivot
- Wheat
- Pasture
- Drainage
- Lowland
- Runoff
- Grazing
- Vegetable
- Furrow
- Barley
- Nile
- Vineyard
- Drought
- Aquaculture
- Marsh
- Rainfall
- Pumping
- Banana
- Land
- Soil
- Upland
- Pond
- Plantation
- Diversion
- Farming
- Farm
- Horticulture
- Barrage
- Fertilizer
- Desert
- Millet
- Cotton
- Livestock
- Fed
- Monsoon
- Water
- Ha
- Watering
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
IRRIGATE, verb. To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
IRRIGATE, verb. To clean a wound with a fluid.
Dictionary definition
IRRIGATE, verb. Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields".
IRRIGATE, verb. Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound".
Wise words
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