elaborate

(s) marked by complexity and richness of detail
- an elaborate lace pattern
luxuriant,
(s) developed or executed with care and in minute detail
- a detailed plan
- "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan
- the carefully elaborated theme
detailed, elaborated,

(v) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge, expand,
(v) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- The bee elaborates honey
(v) make more complex, intricate, or richer
- refine a design or pattern
rarify, complicate, refine,
(v) work out in detail
- elaborate a plan
work out,

luxuriant expatiate expound lucubrate dilate exposit flesh out enlarge expand detailed elaborated rarify complicate refine work out

abbreviate abridge foreshorten shorten contract reduce cut

elaborated elaborately elaborateness