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1. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
   "dense smoke";
   - heavy, impenetrable
    
2. Hard to pass through because of dense growth
   "dense vegetation";
   - thick
    
3. Having high relative density or specific gravity
   "dense as lead"
    
4. Taking more than usual time to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";
   - dim [informal], dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
    
5. Having component parts closely crowded together
   "a dense population";
   - thick

Sounds like: demean, demesnee, dent

Derived forms: densest, denser

See also: concentrated, heavy, impenetrable, stupid, thick

Encyclopedia: Dense