Irrigate

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Irrigated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Irrigating .]
	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"

adulterate, asperge, attenuate, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, cut, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, dilute, douche, flush, flush out, gargle, holystone, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, lather, launder, lave, moisten, mop, mop up, paddle, rarefy, reduce, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, soap, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, swab, swash, syringe, thin, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, water, water down, wet, wet down

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