irrigating

present participle of irrigate
as in rinsing
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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Recent Examples of irrigating As images reach us in fragments, sound weaves a continuity from off-screen to on-screen, carrying the emotion through the film and irrigating the streams of images, like water flowing. Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025 Thirsty data That Lake Mead’s worth of water that has disappeared from beneath the lower Colorado basin has gone largely to irrigating alfalfa and other food for cows, much of which is exported. Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 That Lake Mead’s worth of water that has disappeared from beneath the lower Colorado basin has gone largely to irrigating alfalfa and other food for cows, much of which is exported. Mark Gongloff, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025 It’s been around since people have existed and has been used for cultural practices, capturing drinking water and irrigating crops. La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrigating
Verb
  • Drain the berries in a colander in the sink, rinsing them with a light spray of running water.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Drinking it less often, enjoying it with meals or rinsing your mouth out with water after drinking may lessen such adverse effects.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The project includes the removal of the weir to restore tidal saltwater flushing to the 220-acre lagoon, along with native plants and wildlife.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The pocket collapses, flushing Lagway to his left.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wait 10 minutes before washing for milder stains or up to a week for more severe or stubborn stains.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The targets are those film companies and institutions that are complicit and are white-washing or justifying the genocide and its apartheid regime.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Irrigating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrigating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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