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1. (adj.) dense
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
a dense forest.
2. dense
stupid; slow-witted; dull.
3. dense
intense; extreme.
4. dense
relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.
5. dense
difficult to understand because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L dēnsus thick; akin to Gk dasýs)
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1. (adj) dense, heavy, impenetrable
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
2. (adj) dense, thick
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
3. (adj) dense
having high relative density or specific gravity
"dense as lead"
4. (adj) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
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1. (adjective) dense
containing many things close together
a dense area of rain forest; one of the world's densest cities
2. dense
difficult to see through
dense fog/smoke
3. dense
heavy in relation to size
one of the densest planets
4. dense
stupid
***Don't be so dense!
5. dense
(of written text) too difficult to read and understand quickly
a dense novel; a densely populated area
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1. (adj) dense
having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog
2. (adj) dense
stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance
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Sense: thick and close
We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything.
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 Afrikaans: digte |
 Arabic: كَثيف |
 Bulgarian: гъст |
 Brazilian: denso |
 Czech: hustý |
 German: dicht |
 Danish: tæt; tyk |
 Greek: πυκνός |
 Spanish: espeso, denso |
 Estonian: tihe |
 Farsi: انبوه؛ متراکم؛ غلیظ |
 Finnish: tiheä |
 French: dense |
 Hebrew: עָבוֹת |
 Hindi: घना |
 Croatian: bujan, gust |
 Hungarian: sűrű |
 Indonesian: lebat |
 Icelandic: þéttur, samþjappaður |
 Italian: fitto |
 Japanese: 濃密な |
 Korean: 밀집한 |
 Lithuanian: tankus, tirštas |
 Latvian: biezs; blīvs |
 Malay: tebal |
 Dutch: dicht |
 Norwegian: tett; tykk, kompakt |
 Polish: gęsty |
 Persian: انبوه؛ متراکم؛ غلیظ |
 Pashto: ګڼ، خنډ، ټينګ، مزدحم، متر |
 Portuguese: denso |
 Romanian: des |
 Russian: густой |
 Slovak: hustý |
 Slovenian: gost |
 Serbian: gust |
 Swedish: tät, kompakt |
 Thai: หนาแน่น |
 Turkish: yoğun, sık |
 Taiwanese: 稠密的 |
 Ukrainian: густий; щільний |
 Urdu: کثیف ، گاڑھا |
 Vietnamese: dày đặc |
 Chinese: 稠密的 |
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