Look up: intransitive

1. intransitive
   [adj] - (grammar) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
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2. Intransitive
   A verb is called intransitive when no action transfers from their subject to an object, e.g. we swam like a fish they sang beautifully he died. A transitive verb always takes an object - the thing that takes its action, e.g. He hit his thumb with the hammer.…
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3. intransitive
   a verb that does not take a direct object (e.g. die).
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4. Intransitive
   In·tran'si·tive adjective [ Latin intransitivus : confer French intransitif . See In- not, and Transitive .] 1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [ R.] « And then it is for the image's sake and so far is <...
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5. intransitive
   adjective designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
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6. Intransitive
   • (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., th...
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