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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.