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Irrigation

//ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable

    "“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”"

  2. 2
    (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution wordnet
  3. 3
    supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.

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