1 Something that is elaborate is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
...the elaborate network of canals.  ADJ
· elaborately
Every inch of its surface was elaborately decorated.  ADV

2 If you elaborate on an idea, or if you elaborate it, you give more details about it.
It isn't a statement I want to elaborate on.
Some of these points will have to be further elaborated as we go along.  VB WITH `on`, VB WITH OBJ
· elaboration
An elaboration of this idea will follow in Chapter 12.  COUNT N, UNCOUNT N

3 To elaborate something also means to make it more complex.
This type of plan could be elaborated.  VB WITH OBJ