irrigate

English

Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irrigare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
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Verb

irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)

  1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
    We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
  2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
    The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

Translations

Italian

Verb

irrigate

  1. inflection of irrigare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

irrigate f pl

  1. feminine plural of irrigato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

irrigāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō

Spanish

Verb

irrigate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of irrigar combined with te
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