1. of or pertaining to intensity; characterized by intensity or a high degree; tending to make more intense; highly concentrated; pertaining to an intensive (Grammar). word or phrase which adds emphasis (Grammar). intensive\in*ten"sive\ , a. [cf. f. intensif. see:
intense.].
2. stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. m. hale.
3. characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [obs.] h. wotton.
4. (gram.) serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.intensive \in*ten"sive\, n. that which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.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.intensive adj.
5. 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".
6. tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb".
7. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" [ant: extensive] 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].
8. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
9. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
10. Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
11. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
12. 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. 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" of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb".
13. 1. Intensive activity involves concentrating a lot of effort or people on one particular task in order to try to achieve a great deal in a short time. several days and nights of intensive negotiations + intensively in·ten·sive·ly Ruth's parents opted to educate her intensively at home.
14. Intensive farming involves producing as many crops or animals as possible from your land, usually with the aid of chemicals. intensive methods of rearing poultry. + intensively in·ten·sive·ly Will they farm the rest of their land less intensively?.