There is an interesting commentary on transitive adjectives on the Language Log website. Do a net search for “transitive adjectives NP complement”

Verbs, not adjectives. A transitive verb requires an 'object' ie something the verb refers to : 'I gave her the hat' - 'the hat' is the object, the thing I gave to her. Sometimes the object is not stated explicitly : 'I gave it to her'. We know that 'it' refers to the hat. There may be no apparent object, but it is understood: 'I gave' meaning 'I contributed' [to an appeal for support], 'I made a donation'. Intransitive verbs do not require an object. 'I walked'; you can say where or how you walked, but these are not essential grammatically - you don't have to 'walk something'. Sometimes English can be awkward : you can 'walk the dog' ie take the dog for a walk, but 'the dog' is not a grammatical object here - it's a description similar to 'walking the town' - walking around the town.

transitive verbs take an object - I see (it.) intransitive verbs do not take an object - I slept all day.