Synonyms of irrigating

irrigating

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinsing
• flushing
• washing
• flooding
• sluicing
• flowing
• washing out
• inundating
• swamping
• engulfing
• gushing
• saturating
• soaking
• drenching
• streaming
• rushing
• deluging
• hosing
• splashing
• douching
• sloshing
• dousing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of irrigating

The Colorado River is a lifeline for the Southwest, providing water to around 40 million people and irrigating more than 5 million acres of farmland. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Ideally, farmers would be encouraged – and even paid – to permanently stop irrigating some land. — Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Do not mow the lawn immediately after irrigating it and keep vehicles and soccer practice off the lawn until the grass has dried. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Aug. 2026

Farmers facing restrictions on irrigating their crops are warning of smaller fruit harvests and rising prices this season. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Water plants well in the months leading up to winter, and check soil moisture regularly over winter, irrigating as needed to maintain moderate moisture. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026

Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. — Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026

This new statute requires various property owners, including HOAs, to either remove nonfunctional turf or begin irrigating it with reclaimed water. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

The dam was built to control floods from the Colorado River while also irrigating the Southwest. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026