irrigate
verb (used with object)
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
well-irrigated
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a word derived from
irrigate.
Example Sentences
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“Which makes me think they were well-irrigated, and that’s probably one of the factors that saved them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Conversations among researchers, foresters and landowners revealed that even well-irrigated Christmas tree farms suffered damage.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Along the well-irrigated shoreline, the green reveals the thick vegetation, while the grey areas denote the dense city.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2015
As the semester progressed, green crept up the hill from the well-irrigated campus.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2013
On the way we passed well-irrigated fields of barley and then climbed up a spur covered with a small yellow cistus.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
