irrigate
verbUK /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
US /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
To bring water to plants or land so they can grow.
Farmers irrigate their fields during the dry summer months.
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2. To wash out a wound or body part with a liquid, usually for cleaning.
The nurse irrigated the cut with saline solution.
3. To supply a region with water through canals, pipes, or ditches.
The new dam will irrigate thousands of acres of farmland.
4. To flush a body cavity with a stream of fluid as part of medical treatment.
Doctors irrigated the patient's sinuses to clear the infection.