Definition of elaborate

adjective (a)

• Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• marked by complexity and richness of detail (adj.all)

  Synonym: luxuriant
  

  Example:
  An elaborate lace pattern.
  

  source: wordnet30
• developed or executed with care and in minute detail (adj.all)

  Synonym: detailed, elaborated
  

  Example:
  The elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion.
  The carefully elaborated theme.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (verb.communication)

  Synonym: dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  Antonym: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
  

  Example:
  She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product (verb.creation)

  Example:
  The bee elaborates honey.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make more complex, intricate, or richer (verb.change)

  Synonym: complicate, rarify, refine
  

  source: wordnet30
• work out in detail (verb.change)

  Synonym: work out
  

  Example:
  Elaborate a plan.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To produce with labor (verb)

  source: webster1913

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