irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
is irrigating
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present progressiveof irrigate (3rd person singular).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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Despite the increased rainfall, the farm, which is on a flood plain, is irrigating more frequently.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
Yang Juqing, 68, is irrigating her fields of green pepper and aubergine.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2015
With a sigh, Amarante lisped, “Jose Mondragon is irrigating his old man’s beanfield over there on the west side.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
“Jose Mondragon is irrigating his old man’s beanfield over there on the west side.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
At the present time India is irrigating twenty-five million acres of land, the United States thirteen million, Egypt seven million, and Italy three million.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
