irrigate
Meaning of irrigate
verb
- To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
- To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
Information about irrigate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of irrigate is: irrigates.
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Hyphenation of irrigate
ir-ri-gate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- irrigate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
irrigate synonyms
Meaning water:
Translation of irrigate
- German: bewässern, irrigieren, spülen
- French: irriguer
- Spanish: irrigar, regar
- Italian: irrigare
- Portuguese: irrigar
Words that rhyme with irrigate
gate, Agate, agate, divagate, ellagate, extravagate, gagate, indagate, jaspagate, pervagate, plagate, propagate, refragate, repropagate, runagate, seagate, suffragate, woodagate, Ludgate, Lydgate, endgate, floodgate, headgate, landgate, lidgate, Applegate, Cripplegate, ablegate, abnegate, aggregate, allegate, cattlegate, coaggregate, congregate, delegate, denegate, desegregate, disaggregate, disgregate, foregate, horsegate, legate, macroaggregate, naegate, negate, nondelegate, predelegate, prelegate, prolegate, reaggregate
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