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- 1. closely compacted in substance: "as the storm cleared, a dense fog came down" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person) stupid: informal "Am I being dense? I don't quite understand" Similar Opposite
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close together and difficult to go or see through; thick: dense fog. I had trouble getting through the dense crowd.
The meaning of DENSE is marked by compactness or crowding together of parts. How to use dense in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dense.
close together and difficult to go or see through; thick: dense fog. I had trouble getting through the dense crowd.
Dense definition: having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact. See examples of DENSE used in a sentence.
1. thickly crowded or closely set: a dense crowd. 2. thick; impenetrable: a dense fog. 3. (General Physics) physics having a high density. 4. stupid; dull; obtuse. 5.
adjective. /dens/ (comparative denser, superlative densest) containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them. a dense crowd/forest. areas of dense population. The forest is quite dense at that point. Take your English to the next level.
If you say that someone is dense, you mean that you think they are stupid and that they take a long time to understand simple things. [ informal ] He's not a bad man, just a bit dense.
When fog is dense, you can't see through it. And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull. Dense comes from the Latin densus which means thick and cloudy. In general, the word means packed tight and gives the sense that something is difficult to get through.
Adjective. Filter. adjective. denser, densest. Having relatively high density. Wiktionary. Having the parts crowded together; packed tightly together; compact. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Difficult to get through, penetrate, etc. A dense fog, dense ignorance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
dense meaning, definition, what is dense: made of or containing a lot of things or...: Learn more.
