All 5 Uses of
elaborate
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- "God created a world of work and rewards," he elaborated, "on a big balanced scale."†
Chpt 1 *elaborated = added details or explained in detail
- I turned the page on our lesson in business correspondence, and began to work on an elaborate pencil drawing of Noah's ark.†
Chpt 3
- It was so pretty, so elaborately basket-woven among hen and egg, we did not at first understand what we saw.†
Chpt 4 *
- Then I stared for a while at a traffic light, which was suspended elaborately on wires above the intersection.†
Chpt 5
- Mother's fabrication is so elaborate I can hardly describe it.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail
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(2)
(elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateDepending 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
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
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(3)
(elaborate as in: an elaborate wink) to exaggerate an actionAt times, this sense of elaborate can further imply that an action was exaggerated by prolonging it (performing it more slowly than normal).
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus