IRRIGATE in a Sentence

Learn IRRIGATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for IRRIGATE, such as:

1. The fields are irrigated so that the crops can grow.
2. How do you irrigate a wound in the wilderness setting?
3. Water is channelled through a series of irrigation canals.
4. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
5. None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRRIGATE
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irrigate
 v.  supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid
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1  He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
2  None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
3  How do you irrigate a wound in the wilderness setting?
4  Many farmers' fields are irrigated by water brought from a river or lake through bamboo pipes.
5  The fields are irrigated so that the crops can grow.
6  It is impossible to make plants grow in a desert without irrigation.
7  Water is channelled through a series of irrigation canals.
8  In recent times, it's been badly affected by excessive irrigation and a lack of rain.
9  Water for agricultural irrigation is under severe pressure, leading to unsustainable draws from regional aquifers and dropping the water table by an alarming 300 metres in the past two decades.