English dictionary
dense
adjectivePronunciation
dɛns
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
adjective
- having component parts closely crowded together
adjective
- having high relative density or specific gravity
adjective
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
adjective
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Example sentences
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
never met anyone quite so dim
{'source': 'Thackeray', 'text': 'although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick'}
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
a compact shopping center
a dense population
thick crowds
a thick forest
thick hair
dense as lead
dense vegetation
thick woods
dense smoke
heavy fog
impenetrable gloom