IRRIGATE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: IRRIGATE	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for IRRIGATE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrigate v supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" Synonym(s): water, irrigate supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irrigate \Ir"ri*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irrigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Irrigating}.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See {Rain}.] 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.