elaborate

  • 31elaborate — highly developed, unusual, specialised, said of structures or colours of fishes …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 32elaborate — elab·o·rate i lab ə .rāt vt, rat·ed; rat·ing of a living organism to alter the chemical makeup of (as a foodstuff) to one more suited to bodily needs (as of assimilation or excretion) esp to build up (complex organic compounds) from simple… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 33elaborate — 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

  • 34elaborate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. work out, develop, devise, perfect, embellish, refine. See completion, variegation. adj. labored, studied, complicated, detailed, painstaking, finished, perfected; intricate, involved. See disorder.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35elaborate on — (Roget s IV) , v. Syn. expand, enlarge upon, go into detail, comment upon; see detail 1 , develop 4 , explain …

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  • 36elaborate — e·lab·o·rate || ɪ læbÉ™rÉ™t v. provide additional details; plan carefully and with great detail; produce, develop adj. detailed, complicated; carefully planned, worked out in great detail …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 37elaborate v — wonderful adj …

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  • 38elaborate — I. v. a. 1. Bestow labor upon, work out. 2. Improve, refine, mature, ripen, prepare thoroughly, work out with (great) care. II. a. 1. Labored, studied, elaborately prepared. 2. High wrought, highly finished, minutely and intricately wrought …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39elaborate — adj 1. detailed, thorough, complete, comprehensive, exhaustive, complicated; painstaking, intricate, precise, minute; skillful, masterly; finished, perfected, elegant. 2. labored, laborious, operose, studied; decorated, ornamented, ornate,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 40elaborate — elab·o·rate …

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