English-German translation for "irrigate"

"irrigate" German translation

irrigate
[ˈirigeit; -rə-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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künstlich bewässern, berieseln spülen erfrischen, beleben befeuchten
  • (künstlich) bewässern, berieseln
    irrigate agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR
    irrigate agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR
examples
  • spülen
    irrigate medicine | MedizinMED wound
    irrigate medicine | MedizinMED wound
  • erfrischen, beleben
    irrigate rare | seltenselten (revive) figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    irrigate rare | seltenselten (revive) figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • befeuchten
    irrigate rare | seltenselten (dampen)
    irrigate rare | seltenselten (dampen)
Wir hörten auf, unseren Boden zu bewässern, soweit es ging.
We stopped irrigating our soil, as much as we could.
Source: TED
Will man bewässern, muß man düngen, denn ohne Dünger gibt es keine Ernte.
And if you irrigate you must also fertilise because unless you do you will have no harvest.
Source: Europarl
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