Irrigate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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