irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
irrigator
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a word derived from
irrigate.
Example Sentences
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On a warm June day in 2013, a man working as an irrigator began sweating heavily, complaining of chest pain and struggling to breathe, records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Martinez’s office said Hollifield is a rancher and a board member of the Chaves County Soil and Water Conservation District and that Gonzales is an irrigator who is an acequia member.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2017
Richard Wenstrom, a Lewis-area farmer and irrigator who has long been known for his conservation on his farm, is heading up the basin vision team.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 20, 2015
The villain in this story is in fact the farmers’ savior: the center-pivot irrigator, a quarter- or half-mile of pipe that traces a watery circle around a point in the middle of a field.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2013
Moreover, it is the very axis and creator of our world valley, the source of all our power in life, and the irrigator of all things.
From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
