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sprinkling, flooding, inundation,

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ir⋅ri⋅ga⋅tion

[ir-i-gey-shuh

–noun

1.	the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.

2.	Medicine/Medical. the flushing or washing out of anything with water or other liquid.

3.	the state of being irrigated.

Origin:
1605–15; < L irrigātiōn- (s. of irrigātiō). See irrigate, -ion

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ir·ri·gate   (ĭr'ĭ-gāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates

v.   tr.

To supply (dry land) with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially.
To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.
To make fertile or vital as if by watering.

v. intr.
To supply land with water artificially.

[Latin irrigāre, irrigāt- : in-, in; see in-² + rigāre, to water.]

ir'ri·ga'tion n., ir'ri·ga'tion·al adj., ir'ri·ga'tor n.

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irrigation
noun
1.	supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
2.	(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

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irrigation

Artificial provision of water to sustain growing plants.

Note: Irrigation accounts for the greatest part of water usage in the western United States.

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Irrigation

Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.] The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.