worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness

elaborate preparations; elaborate care.

marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated.

to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection.

to add details to; expand.

to produce or develop by labor.

Physiology . to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.

to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually fol. by on or upon )

to elaborate upon a theme or an idea.

adjective

general , normal , plain , regular , simple , uncomplicated , unelaborate , uninvolved , usual

verb

make simple , simplify

adjective

busy , careful , complex , complicated , decorated , detailed , elegant , embellished , exact , extensive , extravagant , fancy , fussy , garnished , highly wrought , high tech , imposing , knotty , labored , labyrinthine , luxurious , many-faceted , minute , ornamented , ornate , ostentatious , overdone , overworked , painstaking , perfected , plush , posh , precise , prodigious , refined , showy , skillful , sophisticated , studied , thorough , with all the extras , with all the options , with bells and whistles , intricate , byzantine , convoluted , daedal , daedalian , involute , involved , tangled , diligent , garish , highfalutin , large , rococo , stupendous

verb

amplify , bedeck , clarify , comment , complicate , deck , decorate , develop , devise , discuss , embellish , enhance , enlarge , evolve , expatiate , explain , expound , flesh out , garnish , improve , interpret , ornament , particularize , polish , produce , refine , specify , unfold , work out , dilate , expand , labor , adorn , complicated , detailed , elegant , fancy , flashy , intricate , involved , ornate , painstaking , plush