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- pronunciation:
- I
rih
geIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
irrigates, irrigating, irrigated |
| definition: |
to supply with water by artificial means from a natural source of water.
The farmer irrigated the dry land so he could grow corn. |
adverb + (v.)irrigate
carefully, heavily, newly
(v.)irrigate
+ adverb
deeply, efficiently, frequently, otherwise, regularly
(v.)irrigate
+ noun
acre,
agriculture,
alfalfa,
area,
cotton,
course,
crop,
ear,
farm,
farming,
field,
flower,
fruit,
garden,
golf,
grass,
hectare,
hose,
land,
landscaping,
lawn,
meadow,
orchard,
pasture,
plain,
plant,
rice,
summer,
terrace,
tree,
valley,
vegetable,
vineyard,
wheat,
wound,
zone
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| derivation: |
irrigator (n.) |
The word irrigate
contains the following parts:
ir-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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