elaborate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked by complexity and richness of detail

   an elaborate lace pattern

2. 2
   verb

   work out in detail

   elaborate a plan

3. 3
   adj

   Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

   After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.

4. 4
   adj

   Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

   I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.

5. 5
   verb

   Тo develop in detail or complexity.

   […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.

6. 6
   verb

   To expand/enlarge in detail.

   What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?

7. 7
   adj

   developed or executed with care and in minute detail

8. 8
   verb

   make more complex, intricate, or richer

Etymology

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.