English Explanatory Dictionary

enrich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To enhance.
  2. To make (someone or something) rich or richer.
  3. To adorn, ornate more richly.
  4. To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
  5. To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
  6. To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
  7. To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enrich.wav

Word forms

enrich enriches enriching enriched inrich

Etymology

From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich.

Synonyms

enrich enrichen richen increment raise up add amplify augment dilate eke / eke out elevate embiggen enhance enlarge enlargen greaten grow increase largen magnify propagate strengthen swell array bedeck dress up adore adorn apparel invest detail beautify betrim commend decorate decore deck deck out do up dub embellish garnish grace mangonize ornament prettify pretty up

Antonyms

impoverish lean derich disenrich deplete downblend

Related words

look out for number one every man for himself feather one's nest feather one's own nest pay

Derived words

coenrich enantioenrich enrichability enrichable enriched enrichee enricher immunoenrich overenrich

Translations

Afrikaans: verryk Bulgarian: обогатявам Chinese Mandarin: 濃縮 /浓缩 Dutch: verrijken Finnish: väkevöidä German: anreichern Italian: arricchire Persian: غنیسازی کردن Polish: wzbogacić Swedish: anrika Vietnamese: làm giàu
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