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# irrigate

«irrigate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to bring water to them through pipes, channels or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (irrigate, irrigates, irrigated, irrigating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To irrigate land or crops is to bring water to them through pipes, channels or sprinklers so plants can grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#m1)

2) (medical) To irrigate a wound or eye is to wash it out with a steady flow of water or liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Geography and science: farmers irrigate dry land; ancient Egyptians irrigated with the Nile. Health and first aid: irrigate an eye with clean water if something gets in it. It tells the reader water is being brought on purpose.

### examples

- Farmers irrigate their fields in dry summers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x1)
- The ancient Egyptians irrigated land with water from the Nile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x2)
- Sprinklers irrigate the school field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x3)
- The nurse irrigated the cut with salt water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x4)
- Irrigate your eye with clean water if sand gets in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x5)
- Canals were dug to irrigate the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x6)
- Irrigated crops grow even when it does not rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/#x7)

### note

Regular: irrigated. Noun: irrigation. Double «r».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irrigate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irrigate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.