'Elaborate' definitions:

Definition of 'elaborate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant]
adjective
Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme" [syn: detailed, elaborate, elaborated]
verb
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
verb
Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
verb
Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]
verb
Work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate, work out]

Definition of 'Elaborate'

From: GCIDE
  • Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. [1913 Webster]
  • Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.
  • Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ly}, adv. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Elaborate'

From: GCIDE
  • Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating.]
  • 1. To produce with labor [1913 Webster]
  • They in full joy elaborate a sigh, --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work. [1913 Webster]
  • The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'elaborate'

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