Intensive

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intensive \In*ten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See {Intense}.]
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     1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree;
        that can be intensified. --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted;
        assiduous; intense. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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     3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an
        intensive verb or preposition.
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     4. (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}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intensive \In*ten"sive\, n.
     That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or
     word.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "intensive":
     absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading,
     born, broad-based, clean, clear, comprehensive, concentrated,
     congenital, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright,
     dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, exhaustive, hard, intense,
     intensified, omnibus, omnipresent, out-and-out, outright, perfect,
     pervasive, plain, plumb, profound, pure, radical, regular, sheer,
     straight, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through,
     total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated,
     unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable,
     wholesale