a. | 1. | Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; |
v. t. | 1. | To produce with labor |
2. | To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; |
Verb | 1. | elaborate - 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" |
2. | elaborate - produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" | |
3. | elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" | |
4. | elaborate - work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" Synonyms: work out | |
Adj. | 1. | elaborate - marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" Synonyms: luxuriant |
2. | elaborate - 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" Synonyms: detailed, elaborated |