Definitions for elaborates

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elaborates e·lab·o·rate

Spelling: [adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-

IPA: /adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt/

Elaborates is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 843 anagrams from letters in elaborates (aabeelorst).

Definitions for elaborates

adjective

1. worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
2. marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate.

verb (used with object)

1. to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection. Synonyms: refine, improve.
2. to add details to; expand.
3. to produce or develop by labor.
4. Physiology. to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.

verb (used without object)

1. to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually followed by on or upon): Synonyms: refine, improve.

Origin of elaborates

1575-85; Latin ēlabōrātus (past participle of ēlabōrāre) worked out, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + labōr- work + -ātus Examples for elaborates

It elaborates upon the application of various forms of bandages and plasters in a variety of operations.

In the third Scholion he elaborates this thought and shows that differentiation takes place in triple wise.

elaborates the library's three gifts to the nation—“knowledge, perspective and ideals.”

He bases his rules upon those of Professor Bain, elaborates these, and adds some equally good ones.

In the first section (56 chapters)14 he elaborates upon the uses and disadvantages of cautery in general.

The behaviour in hot water confirms and elaborates the classification.

He elaborates it delightfully, so that people may forget he has spoken the truth.

Ewald elaborates out of his own consciousness an extraordinary romance about Zimri and the queen-mother.

With an ironical pretence of rendering deserved homage to poverty, he elaborates the important part it plays in the social scheme.

James elaborates this thesis with his usual resourcefulness and skill.