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dense (iou)



dense adjective. LME.
[French, or Latin densus thick, dense, crowded.]
Closely compacted in substance; thick, compact; having a high density. LME.
R. J. Sullivan It pervades all bodies, dense as well as rare. H. Keller A dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in. F. Hoyle Seawater that has lost its heat in melting icebergs is very dense and plunges to the very bottom of the ocean.
b. With the constituent parts closely crowded together; closely set. L18.
F. Marryat The crowd..was so dense that it was hardly possible to move. P. Theroux The jungle..was so dense no light showed through it.
fig. Profound, intense; impenetrable. M18.
B. Franklin Six weeks of the densest happiness I have met with. P. Scott Such dense blackness of skin.
b. Crass, stupid. E19.
E. F. Benson The stuffy girls were not so dense as not to perceive her opinion of them.
Photography. Of high density (DENSITY 4). L19.
densely adverb E19.
densen verb trans. & intrans. (rare) make or become (more) dense M19.
denseness noun M17.