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irrigate

/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/

irrigate verb: to supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

irrigate: to supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc
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Verb

irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)

  1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
    • We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
  2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
    • The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

irrigate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

irrigate in Hindi

to irrigate, water, sprinkle
सींचना sī̃cnā
to irrigate
पटाना paṭānā

irrigate in Tamil

ஈரமேற்றல், நீரூட்டல், நீரேற்றல், பாய்ச்சல்

irrigate in Urdu

to irrigate, water, sprinkle
سینچنا sī̃cnā

irrigate in Bengali

সেচ দেওয়া
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irrigate in Malayalam
ജലസേചനം ചെയ്യുക, ധാരകോരുക, നനയ്ക്കുക
irrigate in Kannada
ನೀರುಹಾಯಿಸು, ನೀರೊದಗಿಸು
irrigate in Punjabi
ਸਿੰਜਣਾ siñjṇā
irrigate in Gujarati
સિંચવું siñcvũ
irrigate in Vietnamese
tưới tiêu

Examples of irrigate in a sentence

  • Then irrigation canals were extended from the already irrigated areas close to the city.
  • The detached body part should be quickly irrigated to remove contaminants.
  • The Yellow River skirts the city and feeds water to irrigate the land around it.

All 20 example sentences with irrigate

Forms of irrigate

third-person singular presentirrigates
present participleirrigating
past participleirrigated
pastirrigated

Past tense of irrigate: irrigated

Origin of irrigate

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).

Words formed from irrigate

Questions about irrigate

What does irrigate mean?
Irrigate means to supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
What is irrigate in Hindi?
Irrigate in Hindi is सींचना (sī̃cnā), पटाना (paṭānā). See Irrigate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is irrigate?
Irrigate is a verb.
How do you pronounce irrigate?
Irrigate is pronounced /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/.
What is the past tense of irrigate?
The past tense of irrigate is irrigated.

Words near irrigate in the dictionary

  1. irrigable
  2. irrigably
  3. irrigant
  4. irrigants
  5. irrigatable
  6. irrigate
  7. irrigated
  8. irrigates
  9. irrigating
  10. irrigation
  11. irrigational

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: irrigate (page history and authors); पटाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); irrigate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سینچنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Irrigate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrigate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrigate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਿੰਜਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સિંચવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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