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elaborate — [adj] intricate; involved busy, careful, complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, elegant, embellished, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, garnished, highly wrought, high tech*, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many … New thesaurus
make a production of — ● produce * * * do (something) in an unnecessarily elaborate or complicated way … Useful english dictionary
elaborate — elaborates, elaborating, elaborated (The adjective is pronounced [[t]ɪlæ̱bərət[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪlæ̱bəreɪt[/t]].) 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of… … English dictionary
elaborate — I UK [ɪˈlæb(ə)rət] / US adjective ** very detailed and complicated The government s new healthcare plan is the most elaborate yet. a) used about something that is more complicated than is practical or necessary I took no notice of John s… … English dictionary
elaborate — e|lab|o|rate1 [ ı læb(ə)rət ] adjective ** very detailed and complicated: The government s new healthcare plan is the most elaborate yet. a. used about something that is more complicated than is practical or necessary: I took little notice of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
make — Synonyms and related words: Platonic form, Platonic idea, abide by, abscond, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act, add up to, adhere to, administer, aesthetic form, affect, affirm, aftermath, aggressive, agree to, alter, amount to, anatomy, animus,… … Moby Thesaurus
make up — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accomplish, accumulate, ad lib, adjust, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, arrange, assemble, atone for, balance, batch, beget, blend, breed, brew, bring forth, bring into being, bring to completion,… … Moby Thesaurus
elaborate — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian, Byzantine, Corinthian, Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, adorn, affected, amplify, arabesque, artificial, assemble, assiduous, awe inspiring, awful, balled up, barbaric, baroque, beautify, build, busy,… … Moby Thesaurus
make grow — verb cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development The perfect climate here develops the grain He developed a new kind of apple • Syn: ↑develop • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify … Useful english dictionary
Jack Pierce (make-up artist) — Infobox actor bgcolour = name = Jack Pierce imagesize = (145 × 236 pixel, file size: 21 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) caption = Jack Pierce working on Boris Karloff birth date = May 5, 1889 birth place = Greece death date = July 19, 1968 death place … Wikipedia
