irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
are irrigating
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present progressiveof irrigate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Jonathan Thompson of High Country News has pointed out that alfalfa makes up half of the acres that farmers in the dry Western states are irrigating.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
Desperation has pushed some growers to spray sunscreen on grapes, to try to prevent roasting, while others are irrigating with treated wastewater from toilets and sinks because reservoirs are dry.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2021
Silva said among the most common violations are irrigating on the wrong days and water runoff, in which a lawn is irrigated so much that water ends up running into the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2014
And along the connected Gila are irrigating works of remarkable construction and undoubted antiquity—antedating the arrival of the Spaniards by centuries.
From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander
