Irrigate
verb
To supply water to plants, crops, or land to help them grow.
Farmers irrigate their fields to make sure their crops grow well.
Often appears as...
- irrigate the fields
- irrigate crops
verb
To clean a wound or body part with a liquid, usually in a medical situation.
The nurse will irrigate the wound with saline solution to clean it.
Often appears as...
- irrigate a wound
- irrigate the eye
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To supply water to plants, crops, or land to help them grow.
Farmers irrigate their fields to make sure their crops grow well.
Often appears as...
- irrigate the fields
- irrigate crops
verb
To clean a wound or body part with a liquid, usually in a medical situation.
The nurse will irrigate the wound with saline solution to clean it.
Often appears as...
- irrigate a wound
- irrigate the eye
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultivation Use
Irrigate is used for watering crops and is vital for plant growth in agriculture.
During the drought, they had to irrigate the wheat fields more often.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Context
Common in regions with dry climates where rainfall isn't sufficient for agriculture.
Farmers in arid regions must regularly irrigate their land.
Pro Tip 3/3Advanced Systems
Irrigation can refer to sophisticated systems like sprinklers or drip lines, not just simple watering.
The farm uses a drip irrigation system to conserve water.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultivation Use
Irrigate is used for watering crops and is vital for plant growth in agriculture.
During the drought, they had to irrigate the wheat fields more often.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Context
Common in regions with dry climates where rainfall isn't sufficient for agriculture.
Farmers in arid regions must regularly irrigate their land.
Pro Tip 3/3Advanced Systems
Irrigation can refer to sophisticated systems like sprinklers or drip lines, not just simple watering.
The farm uses a drip irrigation system to conserve water.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultivation Use
Irrigate is used for watering crops and is vital for plant growth in agriculture.
During the drought, they had to irrigate the wheat fields more often.
Pro Tip 2/3Geographical Context
Common in regions with dry climates where rainfall isn't sufficient for agriculture.
Farmers in arid regions must regularly irrigate their land.
Pro Tip 3/3Advanced Systems
Irrigation can refer to sophisticated systems like sprinklers or drip lines, not just simple watering.
The farm uses a drip irrigation system to conserve water.
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Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
now i'm tracking down innovators who are trying to turn the tide we're here in the trenches right in a desperate fight to change our water thirsty ways laser leveling our field helps us be very efficient with our irrigation but we can't just rely on the experts to bring us back from the brink
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How to grow a glacier -...
Under their protective coverings, these glacierets transform into fully active glaciers that grow each year with additional snowfall. Those then serve as lasting reserves of water that farmers can use to irrigate their crops. These practices have spread to other cultures,
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
Very interesting because, uh, Mexico basically had an earthquake that fractured its irrigation system. They said, 'We need some help. We can't store water anywhere. It is time to work together for a change'. So, they went to the U.S. And this is two miles in
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The beauty of data...
Because for me, it feels like a fertile, creative medium. Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
lastly egyptians developed methods to measure and survey land around the nile river these civil engineering feats made way for the construction of dams canals and irrigation systems that helped farming and agriculture to flourish in the nile valley
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How Africa can use its...
He said this project wasn't so sustainable, and it bothered those that instituted the whole package. But then he mentioned a particular project, a particular traditional irrigation method that was hugely successful
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Hydrogels as an...
help grow more food with less water let's start with two seeds and let's put hydrogel on one side now will irrigate both sides and in sandy soil much of the water runs down past the plant and into the ground below
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The Sausage & the...
crystal streams but now makes its home in these irrigation ditches the giant salamander this cold-blooded Leviathan is protected as a national treasure so I'm meeting up with a licensed expert
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William Kamkwamba: How I...
So that would produce irrigation for the entire village? Yeah. Wow. And so you're talking to people here at TED to get people who might be able to help in some way to realize this dream?
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William Kamkwamba: How I...
It said a windmill could pump water and generate electricity. Pump water meant irrigation, a defense against hunger, which we were experiencing by that time.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
now i'm tracking down innovators who are trying to turn the tide we're here in the trenches right in a desperate fight to change our water thirsty ways laser leveling our field helps us be very efficient with our irrigation but we can't just rely on the experts to bring us back from the brink
Video examples
How to grow a glacier -...
Under their protective coverings, these glacierets transform into fully active glaciers that grow each year with additional snowfall. Those then serve as lasting reserves of water that farmers can use to irrigate their crops. These practices have spread to other cultures,
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
Very interesting because, uh, Mexico basically had an earthquake that fractured its irrigation system. They said, 'We need some help. We can't store water anywhere. It is time to work together for a change'. So, they went to the U.S. And this is two miles in
Video examples
The beauty of data...
Because for me, it feels like a fertile, creative medium. Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
Video examples
Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
lastly egyptians developed methods to measure and survey land around the nile river these civil engineering feats made way for the construction of dams canals and irrigation systems that helped farming and agriculture to flourish in the nile valley
Video examples
How Africa can use its...
He said this project wasn't so sustainable, and it bothered those that instituted the whole package. But then he mentioned a particular project, a particular traditional irrigation method that was hugely successful
Video examples
Hydrogels as an...
help grow more food with less water let's start with two seeds and let's put hydrogel on one side now will irrigate both sides and in sandy soil much of the water runs down past the plant and into the ground below
Video examples
The Sausage & the...
crystal streams but now makes its home in these irrigation ditches the giant salamander this cold-blooded Leviathan is protected as a national treasure so I'm meeting up with a licensed expert
Video examples
William Kamkwamba: How I...
So that would produce irrigation for the entire village? Yeah. Wow. And so you're talking to people here at TED to get people who might be able to help in some way to realize this dream?
Video examples
William Kamkwamba: How I...
It said a windmill could pump water and generate electricity. Pump water meant irrigation, a defense against hunger, which we were experiencing by that time.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
In future irrigation schemes, water drainage and removal systems should be budgeted from the start of the project. Unfortunately, adding such costs to the original project often will result in a poor return on investment. Society then will have to decide how much it is willing to subsidize new irrigation development.
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Jimmy Dean
American Actor
I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty.
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Moshe Sharett
Israeli Statesman
As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on orange and fruit plantations, in houses built near water wells and pumping stations, on livestock and property and easy access to markets.
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William Kamkwamba
Malawian Inventor
I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it. People in rural places could use the water for irrigation or for drinking.
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Michael Specter
American Journalist
To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads or proper irrigation may be a fantasy based on the finest intentions. But it is a cruel fantasy nonetheless.
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Sheri L. Dew
American Author
I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.
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David McCandless
British Journalist
Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
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Jim Costa
American Politician
Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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C. S. Lewis
British Writer
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Quote examples
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
In future irrigation schemes, water drainage and removal systems should be budgeted from the start of the project. Unfortunately, adding such costs to the original project often will result in a poor return on investment. Society then will have to decide how much it is willing to subsidize new irrigation development.
Quote examples
Jimmy Dean
American Actor
I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty.
Quote examples
Moshe Sharett
Israeli Statesman
As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on orange and fruit plantations, in houses built near water wells and pumping stations, on livestock and property and easy access to markets.
Quote examples
William Kamkwamba
Malawian Inventor
I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it. People in rural places could use the water for irrigation or for drinking.
Quote examples
Michael Specter
American Journalist
To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads or proper irrigation may be a fantasy based on the finest intentions. But it is a cruel fantasy nonetheless.
Quote examples
Sheri L. Dew
American Author
I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.
Quote examples
David McCandless
British Journalist
Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
Quote examples
Jim Costa
American Politician
Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water.
Quote examples
Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
Quote examples
C. S. Lewis
British Writer
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Example 1 of 10
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