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Definitions for Elaborate
[1] worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care.
[2] marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate.
[3] to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection.
[4] to add details to; expand.
[5] to produce or develop by labor.
[6] Physiology . to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.
[7] to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually followed by on or upon ): to elaborate upon a theme or an idea.
[8] planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed
[9] marked by complexity, ornateness, or detail
[10] (intr; usually foll by on or upon) to add information or detail (to an account); expand (upon)
[11] (tr) to work out in detail; develop
[12] (tr) to make more complicated or ornate
[13] (tr) to produce by careful labour; create
[14] (tr) physiol to change (food or simple substances) into more complex substances for use in the body
Words related to Elaborate
detailed, busy, perfected, imposing, studied, overdone, fancy, sophisticated, overworked, labored, complicated, refined, exact, ornamented, decorated, embellished, comment, deck, expatiate, refine
Words nearby Elaborate
el reno, el salvador, el segundo, el toro, el., elaborate, elaborated code, elaboration, elaenia, elaeoptene, elaeothesium
Origin of Elaborate
1575–85; < Latin ēlabōrātus (past participle of ēlabōrāre ) worked out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + labōr- work + -ātus -ate1
Other words from Elaborate
e·lab·o·rate·ly , adverb
e·lab·o·rate·ness , noun
e·lab·o·ra·tive , adjective
e·lab·o·ra·tor , noun
non·e·lab·o·rate , adjective
non·e·lab·o·rate·ly , adverb
non·e·lab·o·rate·ness , noun
non·e·lab·o·rat·ing , adjective
non·e·lab·o·ra·tive , adjective
qua·si-e·lab·o·rate , adjective
qua·si-e·lab·o·rate·ly , adverb
self-e·lab·o·rat·ed , adjective
su·per·e·lab·o·rate , adjective
su·per·e·lab·o·rate·ly , adverb
su·per·e·lab·o·rate·ness , noun
un·e·lab·o·rate , adjective
un·e·lab·o·rate·ly , adverb
un·e·lab·o·rate·ness , noun
un·e·lab·o·rat·ed , adjective
well-e·lab·o·rat·ed , adjective
Word origin for Elaborate
C16: from Latin ēlabōrāre to take pains, from labōrāre to toil
Synonyms for Elaborate
busy, complicated, decorated, detailed, embellished, exact, fancy, garnished, imposing, labored, ornamented, overdone, overworked, perfected, refined, sophisticated, studied, careful, complex, elegant, extensive, extravagant, fussy, high tech, highly wrought, knotty, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornate, ostentatious, painstaking, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, showy, skillful, thorough, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles