irrigate
verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɪr.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
Definition
Supply land or crops with water by means of channels, pipes, or sprinklers to promote growth.
Examples
The new dam allows farmers to irrigate their fields even during the hottest months of the year.
Engineers designed a system to irrigate the entire valley using water from the nearby mountain river.
Without a reliable way to irrigate the soil, the harvest would likely fail due to the ongoing drought.
How to Use irrigate
- irrigate [something] with [something] (collocation)
- To supply water using a specific source or method. — "They irrigate the cornfields with recycled wastewater."
- be irrigated by [something] (collocation)
- Passive construction describing the water source for an area. — "The entire region is irrigated by a network of ancient canals."
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