A verb that does not require a direct object
• (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.Intransitive: words in ...
An intransitive verb is a verb that does not have a direct object (and often one that by its very na
a verb that does not take a direct object (e.g. die).
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 intransitive ; but whatever is paid more to...
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.…
[adj] - (grammar) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
adjective designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
a word describing a verb that has no direct object