Canals have been built to irrigate the desert.
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Irrigate
//ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "irrigate" (70 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ujit verb (to supply farmland with water)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄρδω verb (to supply farmland with water)
Armenian
1 entries- ոռոգել verb (to supply farmland with water)
Bulgarian
3 entries- напоявам verb (to supply farmland with water)
- поливам verb (to supply farmland with water)
- промивам verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Catalan
2 entries- irrigar verb (to supply farmland with water)
- irrigar verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- داشتِن verb (to supply farmland with water)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 沖洗 /冲洗 verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
- 灌溉 verb (to supply farmland with water)
Czech
1 entries- zavlažovat verb (to supply farmland with water)
Danish
1 entries- vande verb (to supply farmland with water)
Esperanto
2 entries- akvumi verb (to supply farmland with water)
- akvumi verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Estonian
1 entries- niisutama verb (to supply farmland with water)
Finnish
2 entries- kastella verb (to supply farmland with water)
- puhdistaa haava nesteellä verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
French
1 entries- irriguer verb (to supply farmland with water)
Galician
1 entries- irrigar verb (to supply farmland with water)
German
1 entries- bewässern verb (to supply farmland with water)
Irish
1 entries- uiscigh verb (to supply farmland with water)
Latin
1 entries- irrigō verb (to supply farmland with water)
Manx
1 entries- ushtee verb (to supply farmland with water)
Māori
1 entries- whakamākūkū verb (to supply farmland with water)
Occitan
1 entries- irrigar verb (to supply farmland with water)
Polish
4 entries- nawadniać verb (to supply farmland with water)
- nawodnić verb (to supply farmland with water)
- przemywać verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
- przemyć verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Portuguese
1 entries- irrigar verb (to supply farmland with water)
Romanian
1 entries- iriga verb (to supply farmland with water)
Russian
4 entries- ирриги́ровать verb (to supply farmland with water)
- ороси́ть verb (to supply farmland with water)
- ороша́ть verb (to supply farmland with water)
- промы́ть verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Slovene
1 entries- namakati verb (to supply farmland with water)
Spanish
2 entries- irrigar verb (to supply farmland with water)
- irrigar verb (to clean a wound with a fluid)
Swahili
1 entries- mwagilia verb (to supply farmland with water)
Swedish
2 entries- bevattna verb (to supply farmland with water)
- konstbevattna verb (to supply farmland with water)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зро́шувати verb (to supply farmland with water)
- зроси́ти verb (to supply farmland with water)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tưới tiêu verb (to supply farmland with water)
Sample sentences
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They need to be able to irrigate without relying solely on rain.
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Algeria needs to irrigate more crops.
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Algeria needs to irrigate its large plantations in the south of the country.
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