Irrigate
91flush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blush, redden; elate, thrill; rinse; start, rouse. See horizontal. n. blush, redness, glow, elation, thrill; gush, rush. See heat, feeling, color, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Flat] Syn. even …
92center pivot — A type of sprinkler system commonly used on large scale farms in arid areas. Water is delivered to the center of a field by a deeply buried pipe, which attaches to main pipe that is supported on wheeled towers and pivots up to 360 degrees to… …
93irrigable — (adj.) 1844, from stem of IRRIGATE (Cf. irrigate) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able) …
94irrigation — (n.) a supplying of water to land, 1610s, from L. irrigationem (nom. irrigatio) a watering, noun of action from pp. stem of irrigare (see IRRIGATE (Cf. irrigate)) …
95rain — {{11}}rain (n.) O.E. regn, from P.Gmc. *regna (Cf. O.S. regan, O.N. regn, O.Fris. rein, M.Du. reghen, Ger. regen, Goth. rign rain ), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, unless it is from a presumed PIE *reg moist, wet, which may be the… …
96irrigation — noun 1. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc (Freq. 2) • Derivationally related forms: ↑irrigate • Hypernyms: ↑provision, ↑supply, ↑supplying 2. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ …
97ir´ri|ga´tor — ir|ri|gate «IHR uh gayt», verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. –v.t. 1. to supply (land) with water by using ditches, by flooding, or by sprinkling: »After a desert is irrigated, crops will grow there. 2. to supply (a wound or a cavity in the body) with a… …
98ir|ri|gate — «IHR uh gayt», verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. –v.t. 1. to supply (land) with water by using ditches, by flooding, or by sprinkling: »After a desert is irrigated, crops will grow there. 2. to supply (a wound or a cavity in the body) with a continuous flow …
99ir|rig|u|ous — «ih RIHG yu uhs», adjective. Archaic. 1. well watered; moist; wet: »The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley (Milton). 2. watering; irrigative. ╂[< Latin irriguus (w …
100Hydrant — Hy drant, n. [Gr. ? to irrigate, fr. y dwr water. See {Hydra}.] A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug. [1913 Webster] …
