Intransitive

[ɪn'trænsɪtɪv;-'trɑː-;-nz-] or [ɪn'trænsətɪv]

Definition

(adj.) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object .

Checked by Basil--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained.

(a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.

Editor: Robert

Definition

adj. not passing over or indicating passing over: (gram.) representing action confined to the agent.—adv. Intran′sitively.

Typist: Rosanna