rich
adjective
- having more than enough of material possessions; owning much money or property; wealthy
- having abundant natural resources: a rich country
- well-supplied (with); abounding (in): rich in minerals
- worth much; valuable: a rich prize
- of valuable materials or fine, elaborate workmanship; costly and elegant: rich gifts
- elaborate; luxurious; sumptuous: a rich banquet
- having an abundance of good constituents or qualities; specif.,
- full of nutritious or choice ingredients, esp. fats and sugar, and spices, etc.: rich pastries
- full of strength and flavor; full-bodied: rich coffee
- full, deep, and mellow: said of sounds, the voice, etc.
- deep; intense; vivid: said of colors
- very fragrant: said of odors
- having a high proportion of fuel to air: a rich fuel mixture
- abundant; plentiful; ample: a rich fund of stories
- yielding or producing in abundance, as soil, mines, etc.
- Informal
- abounding in humor; very amusing
- absurd; preposterous
See rich in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭch)
adjective rich·er,
rich·est - Possessing great material wealth: “Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric” (Mavis Gallant).
- Having great worth or value: a rich harvest of grain.
- Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich brocade.
a. Having an abundant supply: rich in ideas.
b. Abounding, especially in natural resources: rich land.
- Meaningful and significant: “a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader” (William Zinsser).
- Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal.
a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert.
b. Having or exuding a strong or pungent aroma: “Texas air is so rich you can nourish off it like it was food” (Edna Ferber).
a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice.
b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet.
- Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture.
- Informal Highly amusing.
noun (used with a pl. verb) Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: “Were there, indeed, a sure appeal to the mercies of the rich, the calamities of the poor might be less intolerable” (Charlotte Smith).
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(rĭch), Adrienne Born 1929.
American poet and essayist whose works, notably Diving Into the Wreck (1973), concern radical feminism, lesbianism, and political activism.
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