irrigate

3 definitions found

irrigate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

irrigate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  irrigate
      v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;
           "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate]
      2: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for
         the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate
         the wound"

irrigate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "irrigate":
     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