Enrich

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈrɪt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Origin

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman enrichir.

Full definition of enrich

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (someone) rich or richer.
2. (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly.
3. (transitive) To improve the state of something.Hobbies enrich lives.
4. (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
• 2013-01, Nancy Langston, The Fraught History of a Watery World, European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
5. (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
6. (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify

Synonyms

• (to make rich(er)) endow

Antonyms

• (to make rich(er)) impoverish
• (to fertilize) impoverish
• (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) deplete

Derived terms

• enricher
• enrichment

Anagrams

• richen