1. [adjective] Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
2. [adjective] Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
3. [verb] (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
4. [verb] 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'.
5. [verb] Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; 'The bee elaborates honey'.
6. [verb] Make more complex, intricate, or richer; 'refine a design or pattern'.
7. [verb] Work out in detail; 'elaborate a plan'.
8. [adjective] Marked by complexity and richness of detail; 'an elaborate lace pattern'.
9. [adjective] 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'.
