How to Use irrigate in a Sentence

irrigate

verb
Definition of irrigatenext
Synonyms for irrigatenext
  • The surgeon irrigated the wound.
  • In 2006, Pueblo West agreed to irrigate and revive the land.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • The blood of our martyrs keeps irrigating the soil of the homeland.
    — Dahlia Kholaif, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2017
  • At the time, the family was building a 1,600-foot dam on the land to irrigate rice.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the 1800s, the Yowlumne Yokuts used ditches to irrigate crops in their villages, and gathered wild seeds and acorns.
    — Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • But the canals worked just as well to irrigate poppies - which were much more profitable to grow.
    — Craig Whitlock, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • After the grapes have been picked, the vineyard needs power to process them and irrigate.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Some farmers had to irrigate their corn that year, and Andy can tell where the water ran out.
    — Tommy Birch, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Deep and slow watering is the best way to irrigate trees.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 30 Mar. 2018
  • From there, a growing number of users in the Verde Valley suck it from the ditch to irrigate their fields or lawns.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • During the heat waves, Gingerich has needed to irrigate more to keep the trees healthy.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • In the years since, the farmland over the Ogallala once again flourished as farmers drew from the aquifer to irrigate their fields.
    — Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • To establish plantings, be sure to drip irrigate the root ball margin and out from there, not at the base of the main stem.
    — Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • The current owners installed a 1,000-foot-deep well to irrigate the grounds.
    — Boston.com Real Estate, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The land is originally desert, but the first owner irrigates it and soon the desert blooms.
    — Zoe Greenberg, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • The rooftop is solar-ready, the garage is wired for an electric-car charger, and the yard is irrigated.
    — Bang Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
  • During the rest of the year, farmers are forced to find other ways of irrigating their crops.
    — John Defterios, CNN, 16 June 2019
  • It’s going to be harder to irrigate farms in the future.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2021
  • In the United States, more than 40% of the country's freshwater is used to irrigate crops.
    — Haley Yamada, ABC News, 21 July 2022
  • Most of them are farmers who are using the water to irrigate their fields.
    — Kathleen Gray, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The house sits higher than the farmland, so water collected from the roof and ponds all drains down to irrigate the farm land.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the Shiprock community voted not to irrigate from the river for the rest of the season.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Right now, in Illinois and other states in the eastern part of the Midwest, most farmers don’t need to irrigate their crops.
    — Sara Harrison, WIRED, 18 June 2019
  • No one would bat an eye if six farmers sought permits to irrigate 500 acres each.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
  • One use will be to irrigate new greenbelts to run all along the 20 kilometer structure, which should help take the heat out of the areas around it.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
  • My backpack bulged with bug spray, sunscreen and enough water to irrigate a small farm.
    — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The city also reuses water to irrigate parks and golf courses.
    — Matt Vasilogambros, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Say someone wants to fit turbines in a dam that was built to hold back water so it can be used to irrigate farmers’ fields.
    — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 16 Nov. 2021
  • That means mow your grass at the proper height for your species, and fertilize and irrigate correctly.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The small family farm also uses water from an onsite pond for irrigating the orchard, which is also holding its own, Buppert said.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024

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