What do you mean by irrigation?

• IRRIGATION (noun) The noun IRRIGATION has 2 senses: 1. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc 2. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution Familiarity information: IRRIGATION used as a noun is rare. read more

Irrigation is the method in which a controlled amount of water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. So, Irrigation is nothing but providing water to the crops. There are many ways of irrigation. read more

Irrigation in its most common definition is the watering system used to grow crops. Irrigation is defined as the process of artificially supplying water to the soil for raising crops. It is the engineering of controlling and harnessing the various natural source of water by the construction of dams and reservoirs. read more