enrich

verb
/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from enrichier
  2. derived from enrichir
  3. inherited from enrichen

Definitions

  1. To enhance.

  2. To make (someone or something) rich or richer.

    • Hobbies enrich lives.
    • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.
  3. To adorn, ornate more richly.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil

      To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

      • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
    2. To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear…

      To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

    3. To add nutrients to foodstuffs

      To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.

    4. To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enrich. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at enrich. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at enrich

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA