Found 3 items, similar to Elaborate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: elaborate
elaborasikan, mengelaborasi, panjang lebar, rumit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elaborate
elaborate
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail;
“an elaborate
lace pattern” [syn:
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,
elaborated]
elaborate
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:
lucubrate,
expatiate,
exposit,
enlarge,
flesh out
,
expand,
expound,
dilate] [ant:
abridge]
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]
4: work out in detail;
“elaborate a plan” [syn:
work out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Elaborate
Elaborate
\E*lab"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Elaborated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Elaborating.]
1. To produce with labor
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They in full joy elaborate a sigh, --Young.
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2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with
labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to
elaborate a painting or a literary work.
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The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted
as it circulates through the vessels of the plant.
--Arbuthnot.
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Elaborate
\E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare
to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See
Labor.]
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied;
executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate
discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
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Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller.
Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.
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E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. --
E*lab"o*rate*ness, n.
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