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11dense — [adj1] compressed, thick close, closeknit, compact, condensed, crammed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jammed, jampacked*, massed, opaque, packed, packed like sardines*, piled, solid, substantial, thickset; concept 483 Ant. open, scattered …
12dense — index cohesive (compact), impervious, obtuse, opaque, ossified, ponderous, populous, rife …
13dense — 1 compact, *close, thick Analogous words: consolidated, concentrated, compacted (see COMPACT vb): compressed, condensed (see CONTRACT vb): massed, heaped, piled, stacked (see HEAP vb) Antonyms: sparse (of population, forests): tenuous (of clouds …
14dense — ► ADJECTIVE 1) closely compacted in substance. 2) crowded closely together. 3) informal stupid. DERIVATIVES densely adverb denseness noun. ORIGIN Latin densus …
15dense — 01. It took us hours to hike through the [dense] undergrowth of the forest to the beach. 02. Earth s atmosphere is 1000 times less [dense] than water. 03. The fog was so [dense] that we had to stop the car and wait for it to clear. 04. The dry… …
16dense — [[t]de̱ns[/t]] denser, densest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area. Where Bucharest now stands, there once was a large, dense forest... Its fur is short, dense and silky... They went out on to… …
17dense — (dan s ) adj. 1° Dans son sens primitif, épais, compacte, dont les parties nous paraissent plus épaisses ou plus serrées. Un air dense. Une vapeur dense. 2° Par extension, et c est le sens le plus habituel, il se dit d un corps dont le poids… …
18dense — adjective (denser; densest) Etymology: Latin densus; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves Date: 15th century 1. a. marked by compactness or crowding together of parts < dense vegetation > < dense traffic > …
19dense */ — UK [dens] / US adjective Word forms dense : adjective dense comparative denser superlative densest 1) a) with a lot of trees, plants, or leaves growing close together dense woodland b) containing a lot of things or people close together a dense… …
20dense — adjective 1 CLOSE TOGETHER made of several things that are closely packed together: He forced his way through the dense crowd. | Dense jungle covered the whole area. 2 SMOKE/MIST difficult to see through or breathe in: dense fog | a dense black… …
