Rich

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rich \Rich\, (r[i^]ch), a. [Compar. {Richer}; superl.
     {Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[imac]ce rich, powerful; akin to
     OS. r[imac]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[imac]hhi, Icel.
     r[imac]kr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word
     meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin
     to L. rex, regis, king, regere to guide, rule. [root]283. See


     {Right}, and cf. {Derrick}, {Enrich}, {Rajah}, {Riches},
     {Royal}.]
     1. Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of
        a large amount of property; well supplied with land,
        goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to
        {poor}. "Rich merchants." --Chaucer.
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              The rich [person] hath many friends.  --Prov. xiv.
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              As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash
              Of some rich burgher.                 --Milton.
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     2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant;
        copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich
        entertainment; a rich crop.
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              If life be short, it shall be glorious;
              Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
                                                    --Rowe.
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              The gorgeous East with richest hand
              Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful;
        as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
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     4. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients;
        procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;
        sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur;
        rich presents.
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              Like to rich and various gems.        --Milton.
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     5. Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; --
        especially applied to articles of food or drink which are
        high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are
        sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich
        cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.
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              Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
                                                    --Baker.
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     6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
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     7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich
        music.
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     8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich
        scenery.
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     9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as,
        the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.
        [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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     Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of
           self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced,
           rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
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     Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant;
          plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious;
          generous; luscious.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rich \Rich\, v. t.
     To enrich. [Obs.] --Gower.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rich
       adj 1: possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich";
              "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" [ant: {poor}]
       2: having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or
          substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a
          land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with
          cultural interest" [ant: {poor}]
       3: of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques"
       4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
          land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: {fat}, {fertile},
           {productive}]
       5: strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: {deep}]
       6: very productive; "rich seams of coal"
       7: high in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel
          to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture"
          [ant: {lean}]
       8: suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich
          display" [ant: {poor}]
       9: marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby
          port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust
          flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: {full-bodied}, {robust}]
       10: highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice
           ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs; "kept
           gorging on rich foods"; "rich pastries"; "rich eggnogg"
       11: pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice"
       12: affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the
           party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a
           plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: {ample},
           {copious}, {plenteous}, {plentiful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  328 Moby Thesaurus words for "rich":
     abounding, abounding in riches, absurd, abundant, achingly sweet,
     adipose, affluent, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, all-sufficing,
     ambrosial, ample, amusing, aplenty, appealing, arabesque, ariose,
     arioso, aromatic, baroque, beyond price, big-rich, bizarre,
     blooming, blubbery, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bright,
     bright-hued, brilliant, burning, bursting, bursting out, busy,
     buttery, butyraceous, canorous, cantabile, catchy, chichi,
     chrismal, chrismatory, cloying, colorful, colory, comfortable,
     comical, copious, costly, creamy, creative, dark, dear,
     dear-bought, deep, deep-colored, delicious, diffuse,
     disgustingly rich, droll, dulcet, easy, eccentric, effuse,
     elaborate, elegant, epidemic, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous,
     exciting, exhaustless, exotic, expensive, exquisite, extravagant,
     exuberant, fancy, fat, fattening, fatty, fecund, fertile, fine,
     fine-toned, flamboyant, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavory,
     florid, flourishing, flowery, flush, fragrant, frightfully rich,
     frilly, fructiferous, fruitful, fruity, full, full-bodied,
     full-flavored, funny, fussy, galore, gay, gay-colored, generous,
     golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good as gold, gorgeous,
     greasy, heavy, high, high-colored, high-priced, high-wrought,
     hilarious, honeyed, humorous, in clover, in funds, in plenty,
     in quantity, in the money, incongruous, independent,
     independently rich, independently wealthy, inestimable,
     inexhaustible, intense, interesting, invaluable, inviting, juicy,
     labored, lardaceous, lardy, laughable, lavish, liberal, lively,
     loaded, ludicrous, luscious, lush, lustrous, luxuriant, luxurious,
     made of money, many, mawkish, maximal, melic, mellifluent,
     mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, moneyed,
     moresque, mouth-watering, much, mucoid, music-flowing, music-like,
     musical, nonsensical, not affordable, numerous, nutty,
     of great cost, of great price, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
     on Easy Street, on velvet, oofy, opulent, ornate, ostentatious,
     outlandish, overelaborate, overelegant, overflowing, overlabored,
     oversweet, overworked, overwrought, palatial, picturesque, piquant,
     plangent, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, plenitudinous, plenteous,
     plentiful, plenty, plutocracy, potent, precious, pregnant, premium,
     preposterous, pretty-pretty, prevailing, prevalent, priceless,
     pricey, prodigal, productive, profitable, profuse, profusive,
     proliferous, prolific, prosperous, provided for, provocative,
     provoking, pulsing, pungent, quaint, quizzical, racy, rampant,
     readable, redolent, replete, resonant, resonating, rich as Croesus,
     rich-colored, rich-flavored, ridiculous, rife, riotous, risible,
     rococo, rolling, rolling in money, running over, saccharine, sapid,
     savory, screaming, sebaceous, seminal, sickly-sweet, significant,
     silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable,
     sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, songful, songlike, sonorous,
     spicy, splendid, steep, stiff, stimulating, strong, succulent,
     suety, sumptuous, superabundant, superb, swarming, sweet,
     sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tallowy, tantalizing, teeming,
     the haves, the rich, the wealthy, thought-challenging,
     thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thriving, throbbing,
     tickling, titillating, top, tunable, tuneful, uberous, unctuous,
     unguent, unguentary, unguentous, unpayable, valuable, vibrant,
     vibrating, vivid, wallowing in wealth, warm, wealthy,
     well provided for, well-fixed, well-found, well-furnished,
     well-heeled, well-off, well-provided, well-stocked, well-to-do,
     whimsical, wholesale, witty, worthy
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  RICH, adj.  Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property
  of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the
  luckless.  That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the
  Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid
  advocacy.  To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Rich -- U.S. County in Utah
     Population (2000):    1961
     Housing Units (2000): 2408
     Land area (2000):     1028.534533 sq. miles (2663.892098 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    57.759876 sq. miles (149.597387 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1086.294409 sq. miles (2813.489485 sq. km)
     Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
     Location:             41.667569 N, 111.269717 W
     Headwords:
      Rich
      Rich, UT
      Rich County
      Rich County, UT