Associations to the word «Elaborate»

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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky