in·tran·si·tive (ĭn-trān'sĭ-tĭv, -zĭ-) adj.
Abbr. intr. or int. or i. Designating a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, as snow or sleep. n. An intransitive verb. in·tran'si·tive·ly adv., in·tran'si·tive·ness, in·tran'si·tiv'i·ty n.