[ir-i-gey-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| ir·ri·gate (ĭr'ĭ-gāt') v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates v. tr.
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. |