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1. | [ adjective ] permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | |
Synonyms: | impenetrable heavy | |
Examples: | "dense smoke" "heavy fog" "impenetrable gloom" |
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Related terms: | thick | |
2. | [ adjective ] closely crowded together | |
Synonyms: | thick compact | |
Examples: | "a compact shopping center" "a dense population" "thick crowds" |
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Related terms: | concentrated | |
3. | [ adjective ] hard to pass through because of dense growth | |
Synonyms: | thick | |
Examples: | "dense vegetation" "thick woods" |
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Related terms: | impenetrable | |
4. | [ adjective ] having high relative density or specific gravity | |
Examples: | "dense as lead" |
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Related terms: | heavy | |
5. | [ adjective ] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | |
Synonyms: | dumb slow dull obtuse dim | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | stupid | |
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