Elaborate in a sentence as a verb

We allow the wild web to have access to our closed source GPU driver blobs but we elaborate tinfoil hat theories about rdrand.

And in this case, the security isn't necessary to protect the identity of the VM, unlike the elaborate description of Mike's apartment silo.

Whatever you feel about Google's actions, there's no need to concoct elaborate stories around and speculative theories about the origin of Google's 'don't be evil' slogan.

Elaborate in a sentence as an adjective

I've used Fabric, Chef, Puppet, and Ansible, and have settled on Ansible; it's a sort of middle ground between Fabric and Chef that does more than just run commands on servers but doesn't require me to buy into a whole elaborate universe of configuration management servers and whatnots.

A journalistic and literary trope I increasingly despise: creating an elaborate and evocative metaphorical description of something without naming what it actually is, often with the side-effect of making a rather mundane technicality sound all gee-wiz and confusing rather than enlightening the reader.

Elaborate definitions

verb

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"

See also: lucubrate expatiate exposit enlarge expand expound dilate

verb

produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"

verb

make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

See also: complicate refine rarify

verb

work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"

adjective

marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

See also: luxuriant

adjective

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"

See also: detailed elaborated