All 3 Uses

elaborate
in
The Hiding Place
(Edited)

So it went for an hour, large bouquets and small ones, elaborate set pieces and home-grown plants in clay pots.
p. 20.4

elaborate = fancy
This, though, was to be a major broadcast; somehow we all felt it merited the large old set with its elaborate speaker. [in contrast to the portable radio]
p. 77.9 *

elaborate = sophisticated
The smiling slender man in his early thirties, with his protruding ears, balding head, and minuscule glasses, gave an elaborate bow.
p. 116.7 *

elaborate = exaggerated

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)