irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
had irrigated
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past perfectof irrigate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the decades prior, the Soviet Union had irrigated dry land in the region by building dams and canals stemming from the Aral to cultivate rice, cereals, cotton and other water-intensive crops.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
One is the creeping loss of prosperity brought on by prolonged drought, which in the Mora area had already completely dried up the system of ditches that had irrigated crops and watered cattle for generations.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
Searching the Internet, he had come across a farmer in Texas who had irrigated a field this way.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2015
After he had irrigated several square feet of parched throats belonging to the audience he again took up his journey and spent a day at Denver, where he managed to avoid any further trouble.
From Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up by Mulford, Clarence Edward
