"intensive" in the noun sense
1. intensifier, intensive
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"
"intensive" in the adjective sense
1. intensive
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. intensive
tending to give force or emphasis
"an intensive adverb"
3. intensive
of agriculture intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
"intensive agriculture"
"intensive conditions"
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