Synonyms for irrigate
ˈɪr ɪˌgeɪtir·ri·gate

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1. irrigate

   Synonyms:
   water, wet, inundate, submerge

   Antonyms:
   dry, drain, parch

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1. water, irrigateverb

   supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

   "Water the fields"

   Synonyms:
   water

2. irrigateverb

   supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting

   "irrigate the wound"

   Synonyms:
   water

Matched Categories

1. • Treat
   • Wet

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1. irrigateverb

   Synonyms:
   water, moisten, wet

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1. List of paraphrases for "irrigate":

   irrigation

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How to use irrigate in a sentence?

1. Katie Taylor:

   They simply can't afford the fuel it takes to irrigate in the summer season, when it's very hot, but the problem is, that's also when crops get the highest prices at market.

2. David Gutierrez:

   It's out of balance, the groundwater is not getting restocked as quickly as they’re taking it out to irrigate their land.

3. Liz Bentley:

   There's a number of crops that are really struggling due to either lack of rainfall, like the potato crop here relies on rainfall, they don't usually take water from anywhere else to irrigate the fields. And even some of the other crops that do take water from from rivers, for example, to irrigate fields, they're really struggling at the moment, even in current conditions, yields are going to be down for a number of crops and the price of these things are going to go up, and obviously that's due to drought here in The UK. But there's other things going on across Europe.

4. Boris Rouquet:

   Unless the lake is filled sufficiently, farmers will not be able to irrigate, and the survival of many farms is at stake.

5. James Firebrace:

   Fuel is needed to pump water and irrigate crops. Yemen's fishermen have been unable to go out and fish from lack of fuel, all of this is pointing to a severe breakdown in the functioning of the country's economy - both rural and urban.