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Meaning of elaborate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  elaborate
      adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an
             elaborate lace pattern" [syn: {elaborate}, {luxuriant}]
      2: 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" [syn: {detailed}, {elaborate},
         {elaborated}]
      v 1: 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" [syn:
           {elaborate}, {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit},
           {enlarge}, {flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}]
           [ant: {abbreviate}, {abridge}, {contract}, {cut},
           {foreshorten}, {reduce}, {shorten}]
      2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more
         developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
      3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
         pattern" [syn: {complicate}, {refine}, {rarify}, {elaborate}]
      4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: {elaborate},
         {work out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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