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Adjective: detailed  di'teyld or 'dee,teyld [N. Amer], 'dee,teyld [Brit]
  1. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail
    "a detailed plan";
    - elaborate, elaborated
Verb: detail  di'teyl or 'dee,teyl [N. Amer], 'dee,teyl [Brit]
  1. Provide details for
     
  2. Assign to a specific task
    "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"

See also: careful

Type of: assign, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate [archaic], set apart, specify

Encyclopedia: Detail