All 8 Uses

elaborate
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Sweet Far Thing
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I offer him a box wrapped in elaborate gold foil and garnished with a big red bow.†
Chpt 1
Her dress has a high collar and an elaborate ruffle running down both sides of the bright green bodice—no sedate gray or black for Eugenia Spence.†
Chpt 1 *
She rubs her palms across the elaborate carvings etched into a hearth.†
Chpt 1
They have set up tables—some elaborate, some small—to show their wares.†
Chpt 3
They've stacks of invitations—those tempting promises of romance, elaborate feasts, and new gowns engraved in neat script upon fine cream-colored cards.†
Chpt 3
Three entwined ladies of Siam in beaded gowns and slippered feet perform a slow, elaborate dance.†
Chpt 4
We have come in simple summer-weight dresses, straw hats perched upon our heads, but she wears an elaborately beaded blue gown more appropriate for a ball.†
Chpt 4
He does not elaborate, and I dare not question him further.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan)
add details or explain in detail
(2) (elaborate as in: an elaborate design)
having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornate
Depending upon it's context, this sense of elaborate can additionally imply that details make something either:
- more special than others of its kind in a good way
or:
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
(3) (elaborate as in: an elaborate wink)
to exaggerate an action

At times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)