An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought. From LearnThat.org. [Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and founder of cubism.]
elaborate a plan. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An elaborate lace pattern. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : elaborate preparations; elaborate care. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to elaborate upon a theme or an idea. From Dictionary.com.
Horrorfest brought them out in elaborate splendor. From Wordnik.com. [Inbred Jed] Reference
A great article on continuity within elaborate fictional universes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
Fulton's strengths are in elaborate detail and delicate construction. From Wordnik.com. [The Nightingales of Troy: Summary and book reviews of The Nightingales of Troy by Alice Fulton.] Reference
I'm a frequent john and I'm here to tell ya there ain't nothin 'elaborate about it. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Seattle prostitution sting] Reference
The sides, above the rows of candles, are lined with statues of various saints dressed in elaborate costumes. From Wordnik.com. [Adios San Cristobal de las Casas] Reference
The indefatigable Brian Finoki points us to a CBS News report on “cell phone towers in elaborate disguises.”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Actors, including University of Maryland theater students in elaborate makeup, scare visitors, but don't touch them. From Wordnik.com. [Dueling 'Field of Screams' Halloween venues pit Md. nonprofit against Pa. group] Reference
They live in elaborate snow houses during the winter and, without fire, eat everything raw, mostly caribou, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Five Years Amongst the Eskimos] Reference
Let me repeat, I do not believe in elaborate industrial strategies or government control over the location of new plants. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Economy in the Post-Control Era] Reference
Although the enemy always has more aircraft than you, they fly in elaborate patterns which make it easier for you to shoot them all down. From Wordnik.com. [For those who like video games…] Reference
Teenage girls are hidden in elaborate fox-holes with just enough room for LRA commanders to climb into and claim them as their “wife”. From Wordnik.com. [Three armies raid Lord’s Resistance Army camp] Reference
Molly Sims called her elaborate gold Dolce & Gabbana minidress. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
Very elaborate, I keep using the word elaborate, it's amazing. ". From Wordnik.com. [News for NBC13.com] Reference
Publicist Barbara Casey recalls the elaborate office parties of holidays gone by. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
Dan also recalls the elaborate Purim and Chanukah plays she put on, complete with "long, white robes and breastplates.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Allendyce could recall the elaborate festivities that had marked the boy's coming of age, the almost royal pomp of his wedding. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
Molly Sims called her elaborate gold Dolce & Gabbana minidress “fashion-forward, taking a chance, shorter than short, short, short.”. From Wordnik.com. [Models Mob the Met!] Reference
An 'elaborate' form of schizophrenia is called pragmatism. From Wordnik.com. [The Brain, A Decoded Enigma] Reference
If this was some kind of elaborate joke by one of his subordinates. From Wordnik.com. [The I Inside]
And Maxwell -- everything's kind of elaborate and 1930s movie set in feel. From Wordnik.com. [Snapshots From Hell: The Making of an MBA] Reference
He intended it as a kind of elaborate thumb in the eye of hipster conformism. From Wordnik.com. [From Ridiculous to Revolutionary « Isegoria] Reference
Was this some kind of elaborate, cruel joke the authorities were playing on him?. From Wordnik.com. [The I Inside]
A kind of elaborate game, reall with some beautiful surprises hidden in the structure. From Wordnik.com. [Furious Gulf]
She was a good cook, though she seldom had the time to do this kind of elaborate affair. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas]
I'd say there's a good chance that our Mr. Kosta has some kind of elaborate con game going. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
Now then, if this is some kind of elaborate gag or stunt now's the time to enlighten me, son. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
Later they were curved and carved, a kind of elaborate cabriole leg, and had carved underframing. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
Was this some kind of elaborate trap so Greven could claim Eladamri was killed "trying to escape?". From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
ZAHID HUSSAIN, TALIBAN EXPERT: I have never seen this kind of elaborate painting about so-called heaven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010] Reference
ZAHID HUSSAIN, TALIBAN EXPERT: But I have never seen this kind of elaborate painting about so-called heaven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010] Reference
ZAHID HUSSEIN, TALIBAN EXPERT: But I have never seen this kind of elaborate painting about so-called heaven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2010] Reference
ZAHID HUSSAIN, TALIBAN EXPERT: But I've never seen this kind of elaborate painting about the so-called heaven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010] Reference
OAKLEY: Iran watchers say, too, though, that it could just be that the latest Iranian claim is a kind of elaborate bluff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2006] Reference
Some people make the mistake of 'talking down' to their children; of turning the conversation at table into a kind of elaborate. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
And some people wondered whether it's going to be the kind of elaborate show where the main performer doesn't have to do that much. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2009] Reference
This, too, has changed over time, this kind of elaborate seating of special guests who are there for symbolic reasons, important reasons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2004] Reference
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