Editing Intransitive verb (section)

==Examples==
In the following sentences, verbs are used without a [[object (linguistics)|direct object]]:
*"Rivers '''flow'''."
*"I '''sneezed'''."
*"My dog '''ran'''."
*"Water '''evaporates''' when it's hot."
*"You've '''grown''' since I last saw you!"
*"I wonder how long it will be until I see you again after I '''move'''."

The following sentences contain [[transitive verb]]s (they entail one or more objects):
*"We '''watched''' ''a movie'' last night."
*"She's '''making''' ''promises''."
*"When I said that, my sister '''smacked''' ''me''."
*"Santa '''gave''' ''me'' ''a present''."
*"He continuously '''clicked''' ''his pen'' and it was incredibly annoying to me."

Some verbs, called [[ambitransitive verb]]s, may entail objects but do not always require one. Such a verb may be used as intransitive in one sentence, and as transitive in another.

:{| 
! Intransitive !! !! Transitive
|-
|"It is '''raining'''." || || "It is '''raining''' ''cats and dogs''."
|-
| "When he finished the race, he '''vomited'''." || || "When he finished the race, he '''vomited up''' ''his lunch''."
|-
| "Water '''evaporates''' when it's hot." || || "Heat '''evaporates''' ''water''."
|-
| "He's been '''singing''' all day." || || "He's been '''singing''' ''barbershop'' all day."
|-
| "You've '''grown''' since I last saw you." || || "You've '''grown''' ''a beard'' since I last saw you!"
|}

In general, intransitive verbs often involve weather terms, involuntary processes, states, bodily functions, motion, action processes, cognition, sensation, and emotion.<ref name=Morphosyntax>Payne, Thomas E. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LC3DfjWfCiwC Describing morphosyntax: A guide for field linguists]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</ref>{{rp|54–61}}