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Elaborate
ɪˈlab(ə)rət
Elaborate definitions
adjective
elaborate
- involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning
"elaborate security precautions"
complicated detailed intricate complex involved tortuous convoluted serpentine tangled knotty confusing bewildering baffling ornate decorated embellished adorned ornamented fancy over-elaborate fussy busy ostentatious extravagant showy baroque rococo florid wedding-cake gingerbread- (of an action) lengthy and exaggerated
"he made an elaborate pretence of yawning"
verb
elaborate
elaborated
elaborates
elaborating
- develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail
"the theory was proposed by Cope and elaborated by Osborn"
narrate relate recount tell reveal make known disclose divulge present communicate report recite portray elaborate spell out give an account of set forth set out- add more detail concerning what has already been said
"he would not elaborate on his news"
- (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents
"many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue"