Definition of ENRICH

enrich

Verb

Verb Forms: enriched, enriching, enriches

  • To add desirable elements to; to make richer or better.
  • make better or improve in quality
    • "The experience enriched her understanding"
    • "enriched foods"
  • make wealthy or richer
    • "the oil boom enriched a lot of local people"
  • To enhance.
  • To make (someone or something) rich or richer.
  • To adorn, ornate more richly.
  • To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
  • To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
  • To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
  • To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Examples

  • Hobbies enrich lives.
  • Playing a high-value word like ’JAZZY’ can enrich your score significantly.
  • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

endow

Scrabble Score: 11

enrich: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
enrich: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enrich: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

enrich: valid Words With Friends Word