elaborate pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelaborateandpattern
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elaborate
adjective
uk/iˈlæb.ər.ət/us/iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/
containing a lot of careful detail or many ...
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofelaborateandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The spikes may occur in groups of two or four, or they may be more heavily applied, sometimes in elaborate patterns.
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For the trezvon, theelaboratepatternis repeated three times, with a short pause between each repetition.
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The spikes may occur in groups of two or four, or they may be more heavily applied, sometimes in elaborate patterns.
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Working together allows us to fabricate monstrous versions of normal situations and to elaborate patterns of thinking which make sense of an invented scenario.
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I worked out the hours that she spent on very elaborate patterns.
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While compulsory figures were standard patterns derived from the figure 8, the special figures were elaborate patterns of the skaters' own invention.
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The kendhang player usually begins and ends on the ketipung and kendhang ageng, switching to more elaborate patterns on the medium-sized ciblon drum.
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The sutures are visible from the outside and often form complex and elaborate patterns.
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Such an obstacle is not very effective by itself, and concertinas are normally built up into more elaborate patterns as time permits.
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The plates were often made to imprint elaborate patterns on the waffle, including coat of arms, landscapes, or religious symbols.
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Small pieces of zari ribbon are applied onto the fabric with the edges sewn down to create elaborate patterns.
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To make more elaborate patterns, one can let this colour boundary drift from row to row, changing colours a few stitches earlier or later each time.
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When elaborate patterns or designs were to be woven manually, selecting the warp threads that were to be raised became a slow, complicated procedure that was subject to error.
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In streaking, fuel is applied directly to the skin (commonly in straight lines, though sometimes in more elaborate patterns), lit, and then extinguished before the skin begins to burn.
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Shibori includes a number of labor-intensive resist techniques including stitching elaborate patterns and tightly gathering the stitching before dyeing, forming intricate designs for kimonos.
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The mullions then branch out and cross, intersecting to fill the top part of the window with a mesh of elaborate patterns called tracery, typically including trefoils and quatrefoils.
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