Definition of "enrich" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To enhance.

2. (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]

   • Hobbies enrich lives.
   • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.

3. (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from 17th c.]

4. (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from 17th c.]

5. (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from 20th c.]

6. (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.

7. (chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.