irrigate
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irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)
- (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
- We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
- (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
- The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
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to supply farmland with water
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to clean a wound with a fluid
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irrigate
- inflection of irrigare:
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irrigate f pl
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irrigāte
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irrigate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of irrigar combined with te