intransitive > define

noun

• A verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object.
  • synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form

adjective

• Designating a verb that does not require or cannot take 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.