irrigate
VerbSynonyms:
water
WordNet 3.0
Verb (2)
- supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams“Water the fields”Synonyms: water
- supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting“irrigate the wound”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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.] [1913 Webster]
1.To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. [1913 Webster]
2.(Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. [1913 Webster]
3.(Med.) To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow or spray of a liquid. [PJC]