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IR-ig-ayt/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/

To irrigate is to supply land with water so that crops grow; in medicine, to wash out a wound: irrigate the fields, irrigate a wound. Water is everyday; a fountain as branding is not a grounds-maintenance log.

Meaning

To supply land with water so that crops can grow.

Examples

• “Irrigate the trial plots as logged; a foyer fountain is not a water budget.”
• “Irrigate the beds on the maintenance log; a fountain film is not the watering.”
• “Water is everyday. Flush is the medical twin. A film is comms. A dated hose line is a file. Water the beds; then shoot the fountain if the drought order still allows it.”

Good to know

Supply water to land (also: wash out). Everyday: water. A fountain film ≠ a watering log.

Near in meaning

water, flush

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