intransitive verb
noun/ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb/ · /ɪnˌtɹænzətɪv ˈvɜːb/
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An action verb which does not take a direct object.
- In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb.
- “‘Feel’ is an intransitive verb in your sentence and is modified by an adjective.”2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 126: