n. 1 expulsion, casting out or up, disgorgement, vomiting forth, throwing out or up, discharge, emission, disgorging The ejection of lava was preceded by loud rumblings 2 exile, expulsion, banishment, deportation, ouster, removal; eviction, dispossession His ejection from the meeting angered his supporters My ejection by the landlord was illegal. 3 dismissal, discharge, congé, cashiering, lay-off, Colloq firing, sacking, Slang the sack, the boot, the axe, the (old) heave-ho, US the bounce Business was bad, and the entire staff was faced with ejection elaborate adj. 1 detailed, painstaking, meticulous, punctilious, comprehensive, thorough, complete, exhaustive, intricate, involved, minute, precise, exact The escape had been worked out in elaborate detail 2 complicated, complex, convoluted, ornate, fancy, Byzantine, laborious, laboured, extravagant, showy; ornamented, decorated, baroque, rococo, busy, fussy, gingerbread We marvelled at the elaborate mosaics His plan is too elaborate and should be simplified.
v. 3 ornament, decorate, complicate, embellish, garnish, adorn Later craftsmen elaborated the earlier Greek motifs 4 enlarge, expand (upon or on), expatiate, develop, cultivate, flesh out, enhance, refine, enrich, improve, better, ameliorate, emend, polish Later on, I shall elaborate on the recruitment methods we used