'Irrigation' definitions:
Definition of 'irrigation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
noun
(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
Definition of 'Irrigation'
From: GCIDE
- Irrigation \Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.] The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'irrigation'
From: Easton
- Irrigation As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the foot (Deut. 11:10).
- For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the banks of the Nile to the present day.
Synonyms of 'irrigation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablution,
- affusion,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- cleaning out,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- douche,
- douching,
- drowning,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- enema,
- flooding,
- flush,
- flushing,
- flushing out,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- immersion,
- inundation,
- lathering,
- lavabo,
- lavage,
- lavation,
- laving,
- moistening,
- mopping,
- mopping up,
- rinse,
- rinsing,
- scouring,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scrubbing up,
- shampoo,
- soaping,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- submersion,
- swabbing,
- swashing,
- wash,
- washing,
- washing up,
- washout,
- washup,
- watering,
- wetting,
- wiping up