Main entry: work out, elaborate
Definition: work out in detail
Usage: elaborate a plan
Main entry: elaborate, complicate, refine, rarify
Definition: make more complex, intricate, or richer
Usage: refine a design or pattern
Main entry: lucubrate, dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, enlarge, flesh out
Definition: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Usage: She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Main entry: elaborate
Definition: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
Usage: The bee elaborates honey
Main entry: detailed, elaborate, elaborated
Definition: developed or executed with care and in minute detail
Usage: a detailed plan; the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion- John Buchan; the carefully elaborated theme
Main entry: elaborate, luxuriant
Definition: marked by complexity and richness of detail
Usage: an elaborate lace pattern