irrigation

«irrigation» in Mova's school dictionary: Supplying water to land and crops through pipes, channels… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (irrigation, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Supplying water to land and crops through pipes, channels or sprinklers so plants can grow. tree →

2) (medicine) Washing out a wound or part of the body with liquid. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science: irrigation lets farmers grow crops in dry places; ancient peoples dug canals for irrigation. In maths problems: litres of water for irrigation per field. Phrases: irrigation system, drip irrigation.

examples

• Irrigation brings water from the river to the fields. tree →
• Drip irrigation saves water. tree →
• Ancient Egyptians used the Nile for irrigation. tree →
• The farm has a big irrigation system. tree →
• Without irrigation, the crops would dry up. tree →
• The nurse used saline for wound irrigation. tree →

note

Uncountable. Verb: irrigate. Double r. In maths problems, irrigation is usually given in litres per hectare or per day — multiply by area or days.

In the corpora

• Farmers dug canals to carry river water to their fields, which is called irrigation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irrigation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.