 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intensive
adjective
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}]
noun: 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, adjective [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.
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.0.44 [gcide]:
Intensive \In*ten"sive\, noun
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or
word.
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
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