as in to rinse
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse
if you get the chemical in your eye, irrigate the eye thoroughly with water
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So volunteers wrapped many of the plants in chicken wire and shade cloth for protection and carried in water to irrigate the survivors.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
For that, Libya had contracted with a Chinese firm to build a 25-mile canal to irrigate rice fields on the land, which cuts through Sangha's ancestral territory, but the local people aren't allowed to use the water, said Sidiki Coulibaly, a chieftain from Finn village.
—Chris Arsenault, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2015
Avoid irrigating between 4 pm and 4 am to give your grass a chance to dry out.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
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
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
For that, Libya had contracted with a Chinese firm to build a 25-mile canal to irrigate rice fields on the land, which cuts through Sangha's ancestral territory, but the local people aren't allowed to use the water, said Sidiki Coulibaly, a chieftain from Finn village.
—Chris Arsenault, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2015
Avoid irrigating between 4 pm and 4 am to give your grass a chance to dry out.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
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
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“Irrigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrigate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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