All 6 Uses of
elaborate
in
Oryx and Crake
- They checked into Tart of the Day, which featured elaborate confectionery in the usual orifices, then went to Superswallowers; then to a Russian site that employed ex— acrobats, ballerinas, and contortionists.†
p. 89..6 (definition 2)
- It might be an elaborate setup, an invention of Crake's, a practical joke to frighten him.
p. 217..0 (definition 1) *elaborate = having much detail and complexity
- There's an interval of parking lots and warehouses, then barbed wire strung between cement posts, an elaborate gate off its hinges.†
p. 225..1 (definition 2)
- Already he was rehearsing his exit lines: I'm not what you need, you deserve better, I'll ruin your life, and so forth. But it was best to work up to these things, so he elaborated on his new job.
p. 246..9 (definition 2) *elaborated = explained in more detail
- The shops here were mid-to-high end, the displays elaborate.
p. 288..8 (definition 1)elaborate = having details and complexity
- All planes and rockets and bombs are simply elaborations on that primate instinct.
p. 358..9 (definition 2)elaborations = acts of explaining in detail or adding detail/complexity
Definitions:
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(1) (elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateeditor's notes: 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
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
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(2) (elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail