If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details. A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday Would you care to elaborate?. to give more details or new information about something
{f} provide additional details; plan carefully and with great detail; produce, develop
You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts. an elaborate research project. an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days. = complicated
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"
Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs. He is known for his elaborate costumes. + elaborately elabo·rate·ly elaborately costumed dolls
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"
To produce with labor 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
work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" 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" marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern