irrigating
Channeling water systematically
Irrigating is supplying water to land or crops through artificial channels, sprinklers, or drip systems: The farmers have been irrigating these fields for generations.
In medicine, irrigating means flushing a wound or body cavity with water or saline solution to clean it: The nurse began irrigating the wound.
Constructed water passages
- ditchesNarrow drainage channels
- furrowsNarrow plowed channels
- sprinklerWater-dispersing lawn fixture
- dripLiquid falling slowly
flood · pivot · subsurface · aqueducts · flumes · siphons · pumps · waterwheel
canals
Constructed water passages
drip · flood · pivot · subsurface · aqueducts · flumes · siphons · pumps · waterwheel · terracing
wound
Coiled, or an injury
sterile · cleanse · debridement · catheter · antiseptic · lavage · rinse · nasal · ear · bladder
soak
Saturate with liquid
wet · moisten · permeate · infuse · percolation · seep · hydrate · spray · mist · spritz
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- yard workmowing, lawn mowing, weeding, pruning, raking
- cultivatingtilling, plowing, sowing, planting, weeding
- wettingwetting, dampening, moistening, soaking, drenching
- orchardsorchard, apple orchard, orchards, citrus grove, olive grove
- hosing downrinsing, spraying, drenching, dousing, flushing
irrigatingdraining
Depleting one's reserves
dewatering · drying · desiccating · dehydrating · pumping out
irrigatingdraining
Depleting one's reserves
drying out · fallowing · neglecting · abandoning · desertifying
- irrigation methodsTechniques for supplying water to crops
- irrigation systemAgricultural water distribution network
- drip irrigationSlow-release watering method
- irrigation ditchAgricultural water channel
- irrigation canalsWaterways for farming
- irrigation ditchesTrenches for agricultural water