enrich
Use Enrich in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
2.
to supply with abundance of anything desirable: to enrich the mind with knowledge.
3.
to add greater value or significance to: Art enriches life.
4.
to adorn or decorate: a picture frame enriched with gold.
5.
to make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.
6.
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.
7.
Nutrition.
a.
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.
b.
to add vitamins and minerals to (food) to enhance its nutritive value.
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enrich (ɪnˈrɪtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to increase the wealth of |
| 2. | to endow with fine or desirable qualities: to enrich one's experience by travelling |
| 3. | to make more beautiful; adorn; decorate: a robe enriched with jewels |
| 4. | to improve in quality, colour, flavour, etc |
| 5. | to increase the food value of by adding nutrients: to enrich dog biscuits with calcium |
| 6. | to make (soil) more productive, esp by adding fertilizer |
| 7. | 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 |
| en'riched | |
| —adj | |
| en'richer | |
| —n | |
| en'richment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
enrich
late 14c., "to make wealthy," from O.Fr. enrichir, from en- "make, put in" + riche "rich" (see rich). Scientific sense of "to increase the abundance of a particular isotope in some material" is first attested 1945. Related: Enriched; enriching.
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Example sentences
Both are offering proposals to enrich retirement accounts, improve the educational system, and reduce taxes for working people.
But there are still lots of regularly-scheduled daily events happening around the mall to enrich your museum-going experience.
There are more traditional calendars as well, designed to enrich observances.
Remain alert for bits and pieces of information that can enrich your life.
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