When there is not enough rain for crops, it is necessary to irrigate. From LearnThat.org.
irrigate the wound. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Today, one of the world's oldest settled areas, where men first learned to irrigate, is a man-made desert. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Later today, thousands of Canadians] Reference
Again irrigate the sac and the surface of the cornea. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
I was one to help irrigate and look after the ditches. From Wordnik.com. [A California Girl] Reference
I wonder how they get the water to run when they irrigate. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
We irrigate a lot of land, but our plants aren't producing. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: "Even If We're Peasants, We Deserve to Live Too": Tèt Kole on the Needs of Haitian Farmers] Reference
Surface water that is available to irrigate the wastes of the. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
I think Arizona is as safe as anywhere if they don't irrigate. From Wordnik.com. [Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch] Reference
In short, Cæsius thought that you would easily irrigate fifty. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Southwest wherever there is water enough to irrigate a few acres. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
There is little wild game and scarcely any water to irrigate the dry soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
Each has a cabin in which the rancher lives while they irrigate and make hay. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
But they promise not to irrigate with ground water that may contain strontium. From Wordnik.com. [This Land Is Really Hot] Reference
They have learned to irrigate their farms, using open ditches and bamboo mains. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The best well, however, furnishes water enough to irrigate but a very small area. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
To irrigate in these cases would only irritate and would not accomplish anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They carry pots of water to irrigate their ground with, instead of digging trenches. From Wordnik.com. [Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern] Reference
We build our canals with our own hands so we can irrigate when the rain doesn't fall. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: "Even If We're Peasants, We Deserve to Live Too": Tèt Kole on the Needs of Haitian Farmers] Reference
Fertilize, irrigate "If we need more wheat," he says, "we can produce a lot more wheat.". From Wordnik.com. [Wheat Reaches its Limit] Reference
The other are the walls of the canals that served to irrigate the country between the two rivers. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
We install rainwater catchments and use the water to irrigate the yard and also flush the toilets. From Wordnik.com. [10 Questions for . . . Don Ferrier, Green Builder] Reference
In former times these artificial works were common, and served to irrigate the lands on each side. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Ashley Creek, a good-sized stream even after it was used to irrigate all the country for miles above. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Sardar Sarovar was meant to generate 1,450 megawatts of electricity and irrigate arid sections of Gujarat. From Wordnik.com. [Awash In A River Of Rage] Reference
He did this without even having an irrigating system with which to irrigate those plants when they arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
The soil is very fertile, a warm temperature and plenty of water to irrigate with if desired for that purpose. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier in the Philippines] Reference
The land on which the buildings stand has an excellent and valuable spring of water, sufficient to irrigate it. From Wordnik.com. [The Oahu College at the Sandwich Islands] Reference
The waters remain upon the surface of the land during the months of Elul and Tishri, and irrigate and fertilize it. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
The Shoshone Dam in Wyoming impounds sufficient water to irrigate one hundred and fifty thousand acres in the valley below. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
But growing them locally might take more energy — to heat, light and irrigate winter greenhouses — than to ship the food. From Wordnik.com. [Save The Planet, Lose The Guilt] Reference
Nevada, because of its peculiar geographical and climatological situation, will always need to irrigate its land to produce crops. From Wordnik.com. [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference
It's the heart of this complex irrigation scheme here, and it helps irrigate seven million acres of what is mostly desert land here. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan's Floods Reach Southern Province Of Sindh] Reference
At this place there was a copious head of water, which, when properly regulated, served to irrigate the fields of Tegea and Mantinea. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Thucydides] Reference
In Spain they still trample out the corn; in India they raise the water from the deepest wells to irrigate the thirsty soil of Bengal. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
They like the ecologically correct bamboo floors, the bike room and the 11,000-gallon tank that collects storm water used to irrigate the landscaping. From Wordnik.com. [Real Estate: The Color of Sales] Reference
The easiest way to increase productivity is to irrigate the soil year round, but only the wealthiest few can afford motorized pumps and the fuel to run them. From Wordnik.com. [Waterworks] Reference
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