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enrich en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To enhance.
2. (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer.
   • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.
   • Hobbies enrich lives.
3. (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly.
4. (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
   • 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. 2013 January 14, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59:
5. (transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
   • 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. 2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN:
6. (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
7. To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Forms

Antonyms

impoverish · lean · downblend · derich · impoverish · impoverish · deplete · disenrich

Deriveds

overenrich · enricher · enriched · enrichee · immunoenrich · enrichability · coenrich · enrichable · enrichment · enantioenrich

Hypernyms

provide · augment

Relateds

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

Synonyms

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

Translations (73)

pl wzbogacić (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · mi whakanakonako (to adorn, ornate more richly) · lb bereecheren (to make rich(er)) · ru обогащать (to make rich(er)) · es enriquecer (to make rich(er)) · sv berika (to make rich(er)) · sv berika (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · ca enriquir (to make rich(er)) · ar أَثْرَى (to make rich(er)) · uk збага́чувати (to make rich(er)) · uk збагати́ти (to make rich(er)) · fi väkevöidä (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · sv anrika (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · hu gazdagít (to make rich(er)) · fi rikastuttaa (to adorn, ornate more richly) · it arricchire (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · la dītō (to make rich(er)) · lv bagātināt (to add nutrients to foodstuffs) · fa غنیسازی کردن (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · pl wzbogacić (to make rich(er)) · af verryk (to make rich(er)) · pl bogacić (to make rich(er)) · ia inrichir (to adorn, ornate more richly) · fi lannoittaa (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · vi làm giàu (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · gl enrequentar (to make rich(er)) · bg обогатявам (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · fi rikastuttaa (to make rich(er)) · mi whakawairākau (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · mi whakahaumako (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · ka გაამდიდრებს (to make rich(er)) · nl verrijken (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · lv bagātināt (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · eu aberastu (to make rich(er)) · it arricchire (to make rich(er)) · ja 豊にする (to make rich(er)) · nl verrijken (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · bg обогатявам (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · de bereichern (to make rich(er)) · fi lisätä ravinteita (to add nutrients to foodstuffs) · mi whakawhairawa (to make rich(er)) · de anreichern (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · mi whakahaumako (to adorn, ornate more richly) · ca enriquir (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · bg обогатявам (to make rich(er)) · grc πλουτίζω (to make rich(er)) · cmn 濃縮 /浓缩 (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · bg украсявам (to adorn, ornate more richly) · xno enrichir (to make rich(er)) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to make rich(er)) · la locuplētō (to make rich(er)) · af verryk (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · it arricchire (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · gl enriquecer (to make rich(er)) · mi whakarāwai (to adorn, ornate more richly) · ja 富ます (to make rich(er)) · mi whakamōmona (to add nutrients to foodstuffs) · pt enriquecer (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · ar خَصَّبَ (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · nl verrijken (to make rich(er)) · lv bagātināt (to make rich(er)) · af verryk (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) · pl wzbogacić (to add nutrients to foodstuffs) · ia inrichir (to make rich(er)) · mi whakamōmona (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · fi väkevöidä (chemistry: to make to rise the proportion of a given constituent) · mi whakangako (to adorn, ornate more richly) · pt enriquecer (to make rich(er)) · zdj utadjirisa (to make rich(er)) · enm richen (to make rich(er)) · fr enrichir (to make rich(er)) · ia inrichir (to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize) · sv berika (to add nutrients to foodstuffs)