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
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.