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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.
                                                    --Ray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To replace the cloudy barrier dense.  --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Γαλλικά a.
     πυκνός
     Εσπεράντο adv.
     πυκνά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Esperanto adv.
     densely
     French a.
     #Adjective
     Latin adv.
     closely, in rapid succession

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     a.
     1 Having relatively high density.
     2 compact; crowded together.
     3 thick; difficult to penetrate.
     4 opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
     5 obscure, or difficult to understand.
     6 (lb en mathematics topology) Being a subset of a topological space
  that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on (w: dense
  set)s for a mathematical definition.
     7 (q: of a person) slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.(anchor:
  ADJ7)
     n.
     A thicket.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Esperanto adv.
     densely
     French a.
     #Adjective
     Latin adv.
     closely, in rapid succession

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Esperanto adv.
     densely
     French a.
     #Adjective
     Latin adv.
     closely, in rapid succession

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Ranska a.
     1 tiheä, paksu, sankka, tiivis, tuuhea
     2 tiivis (rakenteeltaan)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dense
     Engelska a.
     1 tjock, tät
     2 kompakt, tätt packad
     3 svårförståelig, komplicerad
     4 som har svårt att förstå; trögfattad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dense /dˈɛns/
  كثيف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dense //dɛns// 
  1. компа́ктен, плъ́тен
  compact; crowded together
  2. гъст, плъ́тен
  having relatively high density
  3. непрозра́чен
  opaque; allowing little light to pass through
  4. глупав, тъп
  slow to comprehend; of low intelligence
  5. гъст
  thick; difficult to penetrate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  nechápavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dense /dˈɛns/ 
  hutný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  hloupý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  hustý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  dicht  [math.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  dichtbewachsen, dicht bewachsen, dicht  [bot.]
        "a dense forest"  - ein dichtbewachsener Wald, ein dichter Wald
     Synonyms: thick-grown, thickset, thick
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  dicht gedrängt, eng 
   see: denser, densest, densiest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  porenfrei 
     Synonym: non-porous
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dense /dˈɛns/ 
  dumm , begriffsstutzig , unterbelichtet  [ugs.]  [übtr.]  [geistig] , blöd 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  
  δασύς, πυκνός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dense //dɛns// 
  1. tiheä, sankka, taaja, tiivis
  compact; crowded together
  2. tiheä 2.
  having relatively high density
   3.
  math: being a well-approximating subset
  3. hämärä
  obscure, or difficult to understand
  4. tiheä, tiivis 2.
  opaque; allowing little light to pass through
   3.
  thick; difficult to penetrate
  5. pimeä
  slow to comprehend; of low intelligence

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  dense /dens/
  dense

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dense /dˈɛns/ 
  1. घना
        "The deforestation of the dense forests of the central India will lead to an ecological imbalance."
  2. मन्दबुद्धि
        "How can she be so dense? "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  bujan, gust

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  1. együgyû
  2. sûrû
  3. fedett
  4. tömör
  5. ostoba
  6. sötét
  7. nagy fajsúlyú
  8. tömörített
  9. tömített
  10. tömött
  11. buta
  12. vastag

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  denso

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dense //dɛns// 
  密, 濃い
  having relatively high density

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dense /dens/ 
   1.  gęsty
   2.  [nieform]  tępy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  dense /dens/
  basto, cerrado, compacto, denso, espesso

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dense //dɛns// 
  1. kompakt, tät
  compact; crowded together
  2. tät
  having relatively high density
  3. trög
  slow to comprehend; of low intelligence

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dense /dˈɛns/
  1. sık, ağır, koyu, kesif, kalın, kalabalık
  2. kalın kafalı, ahmak
  3. (fiz.) kırılma kuvveti çok olan (mercekcamı)
  4. şeffaf olma
  5. kesif densely  kesif bir surette.

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  dense /dˈense/
  densely, thickly

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  dense /dˈense/
  densely, thickly

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  dense /dˈense/
  densely, thickly

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  dense /dˈɑ̃s/
  fetis, doues

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (scientifiq.) dense /dˈɑ̃s/
  doues

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  гъст

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  dicht, geschlossen, gedrängt, undurchdringlich

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  concentrated, dense, thick

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  tiheä

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  denso

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  密集

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  dēnsus

From français-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-lit ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  tirštas

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  dense /dãs/
  dicht, dik, gebonden

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  gęsty, gęsta, gęste

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  denso, espesso, compacto, basto, cerrado

From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-rus ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  густой, плотный

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  denso, espeso, tupido

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  dense /dɑ̃s/ 
  tät

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɛns/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "dense":
     Boeotian, adamantine, asinine, beef-brained, beef-witted,
     blockheaded, blockish, bony, bovine, bristling, broad-bodied,
     bulky, bullnecked, cement, cemental, chumpish, cloddish, close,
     close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, coarse, compact,
     compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed,
     congested, consolidated, corneous, corpulent, cowish, crammed,
     crammed full, crass, crawling, crowded, diamondlike, dim,
     dim-witted, doltish, dull, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish,
     durable, dure, enduring, exuberant, fat, fatheaded, firm,
     flintlike, flinty, flourishing, foolish, full, full-bodied, gluey,
     granitelike, granitic, gross, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted,
     heaped, heavy, heavyset, horny, impassable, impassive,
     impenetrable, impermeable, ineducable, iron-hard, ironlike,
     jam-packed, jammed, jungled, jungly, klutzy, lapideous, lasting,
     lethargic, lithoid, lithoidal, lumpish, lush, luxuriant, marble,
     marblelike, massed, massive, nonporous, numskulled, oafish,
     obdurate, obtuse, opaque, osseous, overgrown, overrun, packed,
     phlegmatic, piled, populous, rank, resistant, resistive, riotous,
     rocklike, rocky, rugged, serried, slow, slow-witted, sluggish,
     solid, sottish, sound, stable, steady, steellike, steely, stolid,
     stonelike, stony, stout, strong, stupid, sturdy, substantial,
     swarming, teeming, thick, thick-bodied, thick-growing,
     thick-witted, thickheaded, thickset, three-dimensional, tight,
     torpid, tough, unteachable, unweeded, unyielding, viscid, viscose,
     viscous, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy, well-built,
     well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made,
     wrongheaded
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 密集的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 浓厚的;密集的,稠密的

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