"irrigate" in the verb sense
1. water, irrigate
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
"Water the fields"
2. irrigate
supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
"irrigate the wound"
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