irrigate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 8
Definition of irrigate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
“We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.”
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verb
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(transitive)To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
“We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.”
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(transitive)To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
“The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).
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