[ UK /dˈɛns/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛns/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. hard to pass through because of dense growth
    thick woods
    dense vegetation
  2. having high relative density or specific gravity
    dense as lead
  3. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
    impenetrable gloom
    heavy fog
    dense smoke
  4. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
    dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
    worked with the slow students
    he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
    although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
    never met anyone quite so dim
    so dense he never understands anything I say to him
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How To Use dense In A Sentence

  • Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy. The Sun
  • He discussions certain sparsely settled areas (the Highlands of Scotland, for example) as requiring less division of labor than more densely settled areas, and argues that this will slow down the development of manufacture, which makes a great deal of sense. A Bland and Deadly Courtesy
  • A great deal of work had had to be condensed into a relatively short period of time.
  • The composition of displaced terranes ranges from that of typical oceanic crust to significantly less dense granitic rock with clear continental affinities.
  • It also provides a condensed primer to some of the issues at stake in American avant-garde cinema, which, partly because of its historical opposition to the dictates of commercial mainstream moviemaking and partly because it resists commodification unlike, say, abstract painting, oppositional cinema doesn't rack up big sales at Sotheby's, has been relegated to the status of museum pieces and festival marginalia. NYT > Home Page
  • So far the scenery around her had been thick fur trees and dense foliage.
  • Condensed soups are pretty much just cans of flavour.
  • They evidently find the densely planted crop a satisfactory alternative to the nettles and brambles that they generally build in. Times, Sunday Times
  • The searing heat and dense, acrid smoke inside a burning building make it almost impossible for firefighters to see what is around them. Times, Sunday Times
  • If the condenser must be located above the turbine, then the pipe should be carried first downward and then upward in the U form, in the manner of the familiar "entrainer," which will be found effectively to prevent water getting back when the turbine is operating. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers
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