4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See {Intense}.]
1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree;
that can be intensified. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted
assiduous; intense. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as an
intensive verb or preposition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, n.
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or
word
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, a. (Agric.)
Designating, or pertaining to any system of farming or
horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in
which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to
get as much return as possible; -- opposed to {extensive}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intensive
adj 1: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a
combining form "the questioning was intensive";
"intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a
labor-intensive industry"
2: tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"
3: of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed
area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive
agriculture"; "intensive conditions" [ant: {extensive}]
n : a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the
meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an
intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is
an intensifier" [syn: {intensifier}]
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