"irrigate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irrigate.wav Forms: irrigates [present, singular, third-person], irrigating [participle, present], irrigated [participle, past], irrigated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin irrigare. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|irrigare}} Latin irrigare Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to supply farmland with water): ἄρδω (árdō) (Ancient Greek), ոռոգել (oṙogel) (Armenian), поливам (polivam) (Bulgarian), напоявам (napojavam) (Bulgarian), irrigar (Catalan), داشتِن (daştin) (Central Kurdish), 灌溉 (guàngài) (Chinese Mandarin), zavlažovat (Czech), vande (Danish), akvumi (Esperanto), niisutama (Estonian), kastella (Finnish), irriguer (French), irrigar (Galician), bewässern (German), uiscigh (Irish), irrigō (Latin), ushtee (Manx), whakamākūkū (Maori), irrigar (Occitan), nawodnić [perfective] (Polish), nawadniać [imperfective] (Polish), zrosić [perfective] (Polish), zraszać [imperfective] (Polish), irrigar (Portuguese), ороша́ть (orošátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ороси́ть (orosítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ирриги́ровать (irrigírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), namakati [imperfective] (Slovene), irrigar (Spanish), mwagilia (Swahili), bevattna (Swedish), konstbevattna (Swedish), зро́шувати (zróšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зроси́ти (zrosýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), tưới tiêu (Vietnamese)
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  2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid. Tags: transitive Translations (to clean a wound with a fluid): промивам (promivam) (Bulgarian), irrigar (Catalan), 沖洗 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲洗 (chōngxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), akvumi (Esperanto), puhdistaa haava nesteellä (Finnish), przemyć [perfective] (Polish), przemywać [imperfective] (Polish), промыва́ть (promyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), промы́ть (promýtʹ) [perfective] (Russian), спринцева́ть (sprincevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), irrigar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-irrigate-en-verb-Ne~Q-yso Disambiguation of 'to clean a wound with a fluid': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: irrigation, irrigator

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc."
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irrigar"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "灌溉"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "kastella"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irriguer"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irrigar"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "bewässern"
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          "roman": "árdō",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "ἄρδω"
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          "roman": "daştin",
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          "word": "داشتِن"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irrigō"
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "ushtee"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "whakamākūkū"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "nawodnić"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irrigar"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "orošátʹ",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "ороша́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "orosítʹ",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "ороси́ть"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "irrigírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "ирриги́ровать"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "namakati"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "irrigar"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "mwagilia"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "bevattna"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
          "word": "konstbevattna"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zróšuvaty",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "зро́шувати"
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          "roman": "zrosýty",
          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "word": "зроси́ти"
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          "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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          "roman": "promyvátʹ",
          "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
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          "roman": "promýtʹ",
          "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
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          "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
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        "(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc."
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        "(transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid."
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oṙogel",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "ոռոգել"
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      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
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      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guàngài",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "灌溉"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "zavlažovat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "vande"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "akvumi"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "niisutama"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "kastella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irriguer"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "bewässern"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "árdō",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "ἄρδω"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "uiscigh"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "daştin",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "داشتِن"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigō"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "ushtee"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "whakamākūkū"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigar"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nawodnić"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zrosić"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zraszać"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orošátʹ",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ороша́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orosítʹ",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ороси́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "irrigírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ирриги́ровать"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "namakati"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "irrigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "mwagilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "bevattna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "konstbevattna"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zróšuvaty",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зро́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrosýty",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зроси́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to supply farmland with water",
      "word": "tưới tiêu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "promivam",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "промивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "irrigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "沖洗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōngxǐ",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "冲洗"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "akvumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "puhdistaa haava nesteellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przemyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przemywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "промыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promýtʹ",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "промы́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sprincevátʹ",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спринцева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean a wound with a fluid",
      "word": "irrigar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irrigate"
}

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