v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. | |
2. | (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. | |
3. | (Med.) To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow or spray of a liquid. |
Verb | 1. | irrigate - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" Synonyms: water |
2. | irrigate - supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound" |