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")
Overview of adj intensive
The adj intensive has 3 senses
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")
intensive -- (tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb")
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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