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Dense - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dense : adj
1: permitting little if any light to pass through because of
denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog";
"impenetrable gloom" [syn: heavy, impenetrable]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: compact, thick]
3: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense
vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: thick]
4: having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as
lead"
5: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him";
"never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at
classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly
quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb
decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being
deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
[syn: dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dense : \Dense\, a. [L. densus; akin to Gr. ? thick with hair or
leaves: cf. F. dense.]
1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together;
close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small
space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a
dense fog.
All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.
--Ray.
To replace the cloudy barrier dense. --Cowper.
2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Dense |
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drunkenraine: @MisterSeven It definitely helped me understand the first one. Maybe I was just Dense originally. I still need to see them back to back. |
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KittenGator: #youknowyourfat is less Dense than your muscle? |
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cassiecardenas: NOO POR QUE LACHI NOS PEGA! RT @muktinijam @cassiecardenas @kitzero hay me da escalofrÃos leerlos mejor ya Dense un beso y vayanse a dormir! |
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