| 1. | to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying. |
| 2. | Medicine/Medical. to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid. |
| 3. | to moisten; wet. |

irrigate ir·ri·gate (ĭr'ĭ-gāt')
v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates
To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid.