enrich

5 definitions • 7 examples

to improve the quality of something by adding something else:

Fertilizer helps to enrich the soil.

My life was greatly enriched by knowing her.

to make something or someone richer:

enrich yourself He claimed that the large stores were enriching themselves at the expense of their customers.

to increase the level of a particular isotope (= one form of an atom) in an element in order to make it more powerful or make it explode more powerfully:

The country disclosed in 1984 that it could enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.

to improve the quality of something by adding something else:

The heritage of Africa has greatly enriched American life.

Uranium is enriched for use in nuclear reactors.

To enrich is also to make richer:

The rock music of the 1960s enriched the big recording companies.