IRRIGATED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in moist

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verb

past tense of irrigate

as in rinsed

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse if you get the chemical in your eye, irrigate the eye thoroughly with water

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The Indus basin supplies about 80% of the country's irrigated agriculture, a sector that employs 65% of the labor force and represents roughly 25% of Pakistan's gross domestic product, according to data compiled by Chatham House. — Sam Meredith,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, about 52% of the Colorado River's water is used for irrigated agriculture. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 28 July 2026 The report found that DFW has the best non-irrigated wheat in the state due to rainfall at the right times and the fungal issues in the wheat crops in other parts of the state. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026 According to a post on the Douglas County website, the fireworks will be launched from an irrigated bluegrass field with members of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and South Metro Fire Rescue monitoring the site throughout the event. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026 But growing anything is considered a beneficial use as long as it’s planted, irrigated and not a native species or noxious weed. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 There is about 650 acres of irrigated farmland and pasture, hay production and grazing. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Land has been taken from irrigated production. — Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026 In the past, irrigated rice paddies were kept flooded throughout the growing season, resulting in constant greenhouse gas emissions produced by microbes that thrive in the wet environment. — Hanqin Tian, Fortune, 25 May 2026

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The parasite infects food that has come into contact with human feces, most commonly when produce is irrigated or washed with contaminated water. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 So even if your soil is loaded with calcium, and your garden is irrigated, plants may not able to transport enough calcium from the soil water into their internal structures. — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects food that has come into contact with human feces, most commonly when produce is irrigated or washed with contaminated water. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 18 July 2026 Soybeans, by contrast, cover less land, and less of that acreage is irrigated, which, at this scale, matters more than the quirks of individual plants. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 July 2026 Williams saw close to 100 bushels of wheat per acre irrigated last year, but this year might only have 30 to 40. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 Plants are less likely to catch fire if they are properly irrigated, pruned to remove all dead material, and free of fallen leaves, needles and twigs. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 When selecting a sprinkler, look for one with a coverage pattern that most closely matches the area to be irrigated (the shape and size of the space the sprinkler covers should be listed on the package). — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026 There's no question about the iconic status of Tegallalang, the flawless and highly photogenic rice terraces curving around hillsides and irrigated by the subak system, which has UNESCO status. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026

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Pumpkin Maple Drizzle Cakes As if a moist pumpkin loaf weren’t enough, this one is drenched in a soaking liquid of orange juice sweetened with maple syrup, and drizzled in a maple glaze.

— Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
The soil should be moist to a depth of at least three inches.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of moist

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With a cooling, lightweight texture, the mask is pleasant to wear; even better, skin feels softer and smoother as soon as the 20-minute treatment is rinsed off.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
In a bowl or sink of standing water, anything rinsed off one item can float over to the next, while running water sends it down the drain.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of rinsed

Adjective

With the release of 2025’s Succession of Belief EP, gyrofield’s evolution took a sudden leap, reorienting around flushed, hypnotic beats that marched to an obdurate pulse.

— Lisle Younger, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
Also, if the tank is not regularly drained and flushed, the build up of minerals can prevent the water heater from heating the water properly, leaving you without a readily available hot water source.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of flushed

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The Democratic wave that flipped control of Congress from Republicans on Election Day also washed through to the state and local level, with several legislatures seeing historic changes in their balance of power.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
The intense erosion that carved the Great Unconformity washed rock material into the oceans, possibly fertilizing them just before the Cambrian explosion, when calcium became abundant in seawater.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of washed

Verb

When the continents sank in the Cambrian, seas flooded in and buried the eroded surface.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
That group and other environmental organizations have also argued the chunk of the Sacramento Valley that could soon be flooded is composed of rich oak woodland habitat occupied by an untold number of wildlife species.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of flooded

Adjective

In hot, humid conditions, sweat doesn’t evaporate and cool the body.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Unlike many mosquito species that bite mostly at dawn and dusk, the mosquitoes carrying dengue feed aggressively during daytime hours and thrive in humid residential environments.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of humid

Adjective

Try adding it to a cup of steeped black tea with a little vanilla extract for a flavorful spin on a London Fog, or steam it to make a cozy chai latte.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2026
The series was set when Comanches still ruled West Texas, and no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

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