Dictionary Entry
elaborate
elaborate is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
- 2transitive verb
To produce with labor
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4verb
work out in detail
"elaborate a plan"
- 5verb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
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- 6verb
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"
- 7verb
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
"The bee elaborates honey"
- 8adjective
developed or executed with care and in minute detail- John Buchan
"a detailed plan"
"the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"
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- 9adjective
marked by complexity and richness of detail
"an elaborate lace pattern"
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