GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Detail , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F. détailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, n.]
   To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
   1913 Webster
   (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
   1913 Webster
   To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
   PJC
   Syn. -- Detail, Detach. Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
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2.       
   detailed , adj.
   Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, a detailed plan.
   Syn. -- elaborate, elaborated.
   WordNet 1.5
   Containing details; containing subordinate parts as well as more general discussion; -- of a discourse; as, a specific and detailed account of the accident. Opposite of sketchy, general, vague.
   Syn. -- circumstantial, particularized, particularised.
   WordNet 1.5
   having fine or intricate added decoration.
   PJC