| elaborate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate | 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" |
| ~ clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible.; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" |
| ~ detail | provide details for. |
| ~ exposit, set forth, expound | state.; "set forth one's reasons" |
| ~ illustrate, instance, exemplify | clarify by giving an example of. |
| ~ particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify | be specific about.; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" |
| v. (creation) | 2. elaborate | produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.; "The bee elaborates honey" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| v. (change) | 3. complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine | make more complex, intricate, or richer.; "refine a design or pattern" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ involve | make complex or intricate or complicated.; "The situation was rather involved" |
| ~ develop | elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.; "develop the melody and change the key" |
| ~ sophisticate | make more complex or refined.; "a sophisticated design" |
| v. (change) | 4. elaborate, work out | work out in detail.; "elaborate a plan" |
| ~ work out, work up | come up with.; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" |
| ~ make grow, develop | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" |
| adj. | 5. elaborate, luxuriant | marked by complexity and richness of detail.; "an elaborate lace pattern" |
| ~ fancy | not plain; decorative or ornamented.; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
| adj. | 6. detailed, elaborate, elaborated | developed or executed with care and in minute detail.; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"; "the carefully elaborated theme" |
| ~ careful | exercising caution or showing care or attention.; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" |
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