'Irrigate' definitions:
Definition of 'irrigate'
From: WordNet
verb
Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate]
verb
Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
Definition of 'Irrigate'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'irrigate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterate,
- asperge,
- attenuate,
- baptize,
- bath,
- bathe,
- bedew,
- bespatter,
- besprinkle,
- cut,
- dabble,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dash,
- dew,
- dilute,
- douche,
- flush,
- flush out,
- gargle,
- holystone,
- hose,
- hose down,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- lather,
- launder,
- lave,
- moisten,
- mop,
- mop up,
- paddle,
- rarefy,
- reduce,
- rinse,
- rinse out,
- ritually immerse,
- scour,
- scrub,
- scrub up,
- shampoo,
- shower,
- slobber,
- slop,
- slosh,
- sluice,
- sluice out,
- soap,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- splash,
- splatter,
- sponge,
- spray,
- sprinkle,
- swab,
- swash,
- syringe,
- thin,
- toivel,
- tub,
- wash,
- wash out,
- wash up,
- water,
- water down,
- wet,
- wet down