Enrich
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enrich is a verb meaning (transitive) To enhance.
Meaning
(transitive) To enhance.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from 17th c.]
- (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from 20th c.]
- (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
- (chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.
Example Sentences
Hobbies enrich lives.
The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.
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.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades.
Word Forms
- enriches
- enriching
- enriched
Synonyms for enrich
Depending on context, synonyms include enrichen, richen, increment, raise, up, add.
Antonyms for enrich
Common opposites include impoverish, lean, derich, disenrich, deplete, downblend.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fulfilling, rich, strengthen, benefit, plentiful, enhancement.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.