elaborate

Meanings

• 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"
• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
  • "The bee elaborates honey"
• make more complex, intricate, or richer
• work out in detail
  • "elaborate a plan"
• marked by complexity and richness of detail
  • "an elaborate lace pattern"
• developed or executed with care and in minute detail; ; - John Buchan
  • "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"
  • "the carefully elaborated theme"

Synonyms

complicate, detailed, dilate, elaborated, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate, luxuriant, rarify, refine, work out