Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of watering or moistening; the covering of anything with water or other liquid for the purpose of making or keeping it moist, as in local medical treatment; especially, the distribution of water over the surface of land to promote the growth of plants. The irrigation of land is often artificially effected by elaborate and costly means, consisting of machinery for raising the water from streams or reservoirs, and ditches through which to distribute it; and many regions depend upon such artificial irrigation for their productiveness.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
- n. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
Examples
“Other than private railroad companies, private turnpike companies, private canal companies, private textile plants, private mining companies, and private companies engaged in irrigation and drainage efforts, your statement is just about correct, historically.”
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“Do not put any type of drops into the eye after the irrigation is complete.”
“When you call, the poison center specialist will ask for your name and telephone number and will call you back after the irrigation is complete.”
“Water -- While irrigation is the largest use of freshwater in the US, 48% of our water goes to power plants, and these are also our biggest sources of water pollution.”
“If you you replace suburban shopping centers with highly intensive urban “farms” that would be more like greenhouse complexes, they would already have a built-in irrigation system for dry weather and could divert their nutrient-rich farm runoff to the local wastewater-treatment plant, many of which are “advanced,” which means they remove the nitrogen and phosphorus.”
“Lawn irrigation is the single biggest drain on the pumping station, they say.”
“Mendoza is a desert town so all the irrigation comes from the mountains and is channeled through canals that run through the city.”
“But developing infrastructure and putting in irrigation requires longer term soft money.”
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“A garden setup requires free drainage — they can be irrigated manually using a garden hose or can be fixed to accommodate a built-in irrigation line for automatic watering.”
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“But the water used for irrigation is free, so Indian farmers have little incentive to adopt more economical methods.”
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