Associations to the word «Elaborate»
Noun
- Ritual
- Metaphor
- Symbolism
- Treatise
- Motif
- Cosmology
- Detail
- Hoax
- Cornice
- Costume
- Ruse
- Courtship
- Carving
- Embroidery
- Decoration
- Stucco
- Frieze
- Prank
- Ornament
- Appendage
- Facade
- Bernstein
- Marx
- Braid
- Mosaic
- Etiquette
- Effigy
- Freud
- Portico
- Conception
- Detailing
- Aristotle
- Jewelry
- Precaution
- Wig
- Concept
- Furnishing
- Festivity
- Doctrine
- Ceremony
- Choreography
- Theory
- Plaster
- Philo
- Simpler
- Kant
- Critique
- Allegory
- Molding
- Rabbinic
- Earring
- Deco
- Plato
- Pantomime
- Deception
- Hadith
- Exterior
- Lace
- Staging
- Nietzsche
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ELABORATE, adjective. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
ELABORATE, adjective. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
ELABORATE, verb. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
Dictionary definition
ELABORATE, 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".
ELABORATE, verb. Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey".
ELABORATE, verb. Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern".
ELABORATE, verb. Work out in detail; "elaborate a plan".
ELABORATE, adjective. Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern".
ELABORATE, 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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.