irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
irrigated
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past participleof irrigate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof irrigate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
irrigateverb (used with object)to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
Example Sentences
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Janssen explained that 200 units of nitrogen are used per acre of irrigated corn.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
The property features three creeks that “meander through the ranch for over five miles,” as well as irrigated meadows and “historic water rights irrigating 1,200 acres.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
It has argued that just a 2% reduction in the amount of water it gets from the Nile could result in the loss of 200,000 acres of irrigated land.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
They added that much of the Southern California farmland that relies on Colorado River water is “either fully or partially irrigated via flood irrigation, which uses much more water than drip and sprinkler irrigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
Half of its farmland is devoted to labor-intensive, high-yield, irrigated rice agriculture, facilitated by abundant rivers flowing from the wet mountains onto sloping lowland plains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
