Definition Synonyms
Definition of dense - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
physicalhaving a high density or compactness
- The dense forest was hard to walk through.
2.
visibilitydifficult to see through due to thickness
- Dense fog covered the entire city.
3.
- He can be quite dense about simple concepts.
4.
complexityRare hard to understand due to complexityRare
- The dense textbook was challenging for students.
Expressions with dense
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very unintelligent or slow to understand
He is dense as a brick when it comes to math.
Origin of dense
Latin, densus (thick, crowded)
Terms with dense included in their meaning
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wooded area
large area with dense trees and plants
tropical forest
large forest with dense vegetation
botany
small flowerless green plant that grows in dense clumps or mats
crowd
not dense or crowded
reduce density
make something less thick or dense
humidity
air that feels dense and hard to breathe
baking
rich cocoa dessert, very dense and moist, with dirtlike feel
texture
moist and dense cake often with spices
baking
dense cake made with equal weights of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar
hair
having a lot of dense hair
reduce density
make less dense or crowded
density
made less dense
nature
dense cluster of shrubs or thicket
space
closely packed together, dense
compress
make more dense by pressing together
blockage
dense mass of material blocking something
density
in a dense or compact manner
nature
dense collection of trees in a small area
wildfire type
fire in an area of dense vegetation, especially bushes
texture
type of omelet with a dense texture
colors
dark green color resembling dense forest
fashion
soft, dense animal fur used to make warm luxury clothing
tropical forest
dense forest with high rainfall and layered evergreen trees
density
less concentrated or dense
Examples of dense in a sentence
Dense fog covered the entire valley. The dense smoke made it hard to breathe. Dense clouds blocked the sunlight completely. Sometimes he's too dense to grasp the joke. Her dense remarks often frustrate her friends. The lecture was so dense that few understood it.
Her writing style is dense, requiring careful analysis.
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- French:dense, opaque, ...
- German:dicht, undurchsichtig, ...
- Italian:denso, spesso, ...
- Spanish:denso, espeso, ...
- Portuguese:denso, cerrado, ...
- Chinese:密集的, 厚重的, ...
- Japanese:密集した, 視界不良の, ...
- Arabic:كَثِيف, غَبِيّ, ...
- Hebrew:צָפוּף, סָמִיךְ, ...
- Russian:густой, непроглядный, ...
- Ukrainian:густий, тупий, ...
- Hindi:घना, गाढ़ा, ...
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