elaborate

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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"

dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

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produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

"The bee elaborates honey"

elaborate

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create or manufacture a man-made product

"We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

make more complex, intricate, or richer

"refine a design or pattern"

complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine

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work out in detail

"elaborate a plan"

elaborate, work out

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marked by complexity and richness of detail

"an elaborate lace pattern"

elaborate, luxuriant

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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"

detailed, elaborate, elaborated

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