enrich

[ en-rich ]

/ ɛnˈrɪtʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.

to supply with abundance of anything desirable: to enrich the mind with knowledge.

to add greater value or significance to: Art enriches life.

to adorn or decorate: a picture frame enriched with gold.

to make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.

to increase the proportion of a valuable mineral or isotope in (a substance or material): The fuel was enriched with uranium 235 for the nuclear reactor.

Nutrition.

to restore to (a food) a nutrient that has been lost during an early stage of processing: to enrich flour with thiamine, iron, niacin, and riboflavin.
to add vitamins and minerals to (food) to enhance its nutritive value.

Origin of enrich

1350–1400; Middle English enrichen < Old French enrichir. See en-¹, rich

SYNONYMS FOR enrich

3 elevate, improve, enhance, endow.

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OTHER WORDS FROM enrich

en·rich·er, noun en·rich·ing·ly, adverb self-en·rich·ing, adjective un·en·riched, adjective

un·en·rich·ing, adjective

Words nearby enrich

enrage, enrapt, enrapture, enravish, enregister, enrich, enrichment, enrico, enright, enriquillo, enrobe

Example sentences from the Web for enriched

Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.

Iran Nuke Deal: A Matter of War or Peace |Christopher Dickey |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As we gather here tonight, Iran has begun to eliminate its stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium.

Full Text of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address | |January 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Benjamin Netanyahu and his fellow hawks want more sanctions on Iran until it gives up all enriched uranium—an impossible demand.

Iran Hawks’ Definition of Successful Nuclear Diplomacy Is Impossible |Peter Beinart |November 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Uranium is enriched to make fuel for power reactors, but the same process also is used to make the explosive core of atom bombs.

Behind the Smiles in Geneva, No Concrete Progress in Iran Negotiations |Michael Adler |October 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But Iran has just the same amassed a stockpile of enriched uranium, which could be used to make five or more atomic bombs.

What Obama and Rouhani Want From Geneva |Michael Adler |October 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
State three sections or areas at which a panel may be enriched.

Industrial Arts Design |William H. Varnum
This was the sum of the intellectual work which enriched mankind with a new world.

Spontaneous Activity in Education |Maria Montessori
They have added new charms to pleasure, and enriched their luxury by inventions.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) |Charles Bucke
It would be almost endless to recount all the interesting facts and narratives with which Van Dale has enriched his book.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
He has not added another to his senses; his soul is not enriched by one new faculty.

The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races |Arthur, comte de Gobineau

British Dictionary definitions for enriched

enrich

/ (ɪnˈrɪtʃ) /

verb (tr)

to increase the wealth of

to endow with fine or desirable qualities to enrich one's experience by travelling

to make more beautiful; adorn; decorate a robe enriched with jewels

to improve in quality, colour, flavour, etc

to increase the food value of by adding nutrients to enrich dog biscuits with calcium

to make (soil) more productive, esp by adding fertilizer

physics to increase the concentration or abundance of one component or isotope in (a solution or mixture); concentrate to enrich a solution by evaporation; enrich a nuclear fuel

Derived forms of enrich

enriched, adjective enricher, noun enrichment, noun

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