Synonym: detail, develop, dwell on, work out. Antonym: plain, rude, simple. Similar words: laboratory, collaboration, labor, laboriously, decorate, corporate, incorporate, abortion. Meaning: [ɪ'læbərət] v. 1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing 2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product 3. make more complex, intricate, or richer 4. work out in detail. adj. 1. marked by complexity and richness of detail 2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
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181. In some parts of that country there is a remarkable tradition of Gaelic Psalmody, with elaborate variations on a melodic line.
182. With her bouffant hairdo, elaborate plumage, gushing charm and bright smile she is a caricature of a countess.
183. With the birth of his firstborn son, the nobleman had thrown an elaborate party for hundreds of guests.
184. Simon does not elaborate, but his face begins to tighten as he recalls some disagreeable incident.
185. The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.
186. Then knightly armour grew more elaborate and costly throughout the century.
187. They talked non-stop in an elaborate relay race, one picking up the thread as soon as the other paused for breath.
188. Both require elaborate interpretation to be understood by anyone but the immediate persons involved.
189. He expects continued growth in the United States but did not elaborate.
190. The image of the guard in his elaborate flowering prison flashes through her head.
191. The clock apparently marks time by carrying out a predictable and elaborate process of synthesizing and destroying molecules within living cells.
192. Internally, the mushroom bodies attain great size and complexity in Hymenoptera with elaborate behaviour.
193. Clearly the more elaborate the dress, the more dress-fasteners required, although there is here the danger of a circular argument.
194. Simple simulations can be as effective for training purposes as more elaborate ones and can certainly be more cost effective.
195. This was nothing but an elaborate hoax perpetrated by her in revenge for all the suffering I had caused her.
196. Some self-absorbed children play elaborate fantasy games by themselves, and one can admire their creativity and imagination.
197. For elaborate structures stick rocks together with silicone sealant, but let it cure completely before putting it into your tank water.
198. Some biochemists have built up quite elaborate blueprints for forms of life utterly different from our own.
199. In the weeks following the dinner Lutyens swiftly drew up an elaborate set of plans.
200. Since coal is formed from plants, which are chemically very complicated, its own chemical make-up is very elaborate.
201. Many of those that live in the sea secrete shells with the most elaborate structure of silica or lime.
202. There are several quite elaborate private lists in existence,(sentencedict.com) but none of these has yet been published.
203. I was no longer responsible for the pretending, the elaborate play-acting.
204. Dorrell did not elaborate but said the experts' findings will be published in scientific journals within four to six weeks.
205. It was an elaborate fabrication to cover up the murder.
206. Many delicatessen foods should be eaten and appreciated just as they are[http://sentencedict.com/elaborate.html], requiring no elaborate preparation or cooking.
207. After an elaborate ritual, the boys are formally accepted into the tribe.
208. The caterpillar had probably fed for a month or more on the viburnum leaves before spinning its elaborate double cocoon.
209. Special manuals provide explicit and elaborate instructions as to the creating of different icons and the use of different kinds of material.
210. Some bowerbirds are bright and showy, but others are drab and excite their females with elaborate shelters instead.
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