irrigate

About 0.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

   We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.

2. verb To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

   The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

Similar words

water fertirrigate reirrigate subirrigate bioirrigate fertigate recharge drench pipeline agriculturize

Often followed by

the their a and with his it about an

Word family

irrigated irrigates irrigating irrigator irrigators