Definition of "irrigating" [irrigating]

• Present participle of irrigate. (verb)

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• "Some of the rivers are literally exhausted in irrigating the soil."
• "They made the barren land fertile by spreading water from the little streams over it, -- what we call "irrigating"; and they planted enough corn and grain and vegetables for all the people."
• "They made the barren land good by spreading water from the little streams over it, -- what we call "irrigating;" and they planted enough corn and grain and vegetables for all the people."