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dense

(dĕns)
adj. dens·er, dens·est
1.
a. Having relatively high density.
b. Crowded closely together; compact: a dense population.
2. Hard to penetrate; thick: a dense jungle.
3.
a. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter: dense glass; a dense fog.
b. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
4. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity: a dense novel.
5. Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.

[Middle English, from Latin dēnsus.]

dense′ly adv.
dense′ness n.
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Adv. 1. densely - in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone"
2. densely - in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area"
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Translations
بِكَثافَه
hustě
tæt
densement densément
mjög òétt
gosto
yoğun olarak

densely

[ˈdenslɪ] ADVdensamente
densely packed pagespáginas repletas de información
densely populateddensamente poblado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

densely

[ˈdɛnsli] adv
densely wooded → très boisé(e)
densely populated → à forte densité de population, très peuplé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

densely

adv populated, woodeddicht ; densely packed (crowd)dicht gedrängt
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densely

[ˈdɛnslɪ] adv densely populateddensamente popolato/a
densely wooded → coperto/a di fitti boschi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dense

(dens) adjective
1. thick and close. We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything. digte كَثيف гъст denso hustý dicht tæt; tyk πυκνός espeso, denso tihe انبوه؛ متراکم؛ غلیظ tiheä dense עָבוֹת घना bujan, gust sűrű lebat þéttur, samþjappaður fitto 濃密な 밀집한 tankus, tirštas biezs; blīvs tebal dicht tett; tykk, kompakt gęsty ګڼ، خنډ، ټينګ، مزدحم، متراكم، غليظ: احمق denso des густой hustý gost gust tät, kompakt หนาแน่น yoğun, sık 稠密的 густий; щільний کثیف ، گاڑھا dày đặc 稠密的
2. very stupid. He's so dense I have to tell him everything twice. stompsinnig, dom بَليد، غَليظ الدِّماغ тъп estúpido hloupý, nechápavý schwer von Begriff tykhovedet; dum αργόστροφος corto, torpe, estúpido kõva peaga خنگ؛ کودن tyhmä bête מטומטם मन्दबुद्धि tupoglav, ograničen duhom együgyű bodoh tregur, þunnur stupido 頭の鈍い 우둔한 bukas aprobežots; stulbs bodoh stompzinnig dum, tett tępy احمق estúpido tâmpit тупой nechápavý omejen glup dum, trög โง่ ahmak, kalın kafalı 愚鈍的 дурний, тупий احمق rất ngu ngốc 愚钝的
ˈdensely adverb
very closely together. The crowd was densely packed. dig بِكَثافَه на гъсто densamente hustě dicht tæt πυκνά densamente tihedalt بطور فشرده و متراکم tiiviisti à forte densité בִּצפִיפוּת घना सा gusto, zbijeno sűrűn rapat mjög þétt densamente びっしりと 촘촘히 tankiai biezi; blīvi sangat padat dicht tett gęsto څنګ په څنګ، نږدى densamente compact плотно husto gosto gusto tätt, tät- อย่างหนาแน่น yoğun olarak 密集地 густо; щільно گھنے طور پر đông đúc 密集地
ˈdensity noun
1. the number of items, people etc found in a given area compared with other areas especially if large. the density of the population. digtheid كَثافَه гъстота densidade hustota die Dichte tæthed πυκνότητα densidad tihedus تراکم؛ انبوهی tiheys densité צפיפות घनत्व zbijenost sűrűség kepadatan þéttleiki densità 密度 밀도 tankumas biezums; blīvums kepadatan dichtheid tetthet, kompakthet gęstość جنگلی densidade densitate плотность hustota gostota gustina täthet ความหนาแน่น yoğunluk 密集度 густота, щільність کثافت mật độ 密集度
2. the quantity of matter in each unit of volume. the density of a gas. digtheid كَثافَه плътност densidade hustota die Dichte vægtfylde πυκνότητα densidad tihedus چگالی؛ غلظت tiheys densité צפיפות घनत्व gustoća fajsúly kepekatan eðlismassi densità 密度, 濃度 비중 tankis blīvums ketumpatan dichtheid egenvekt, tetthet gęstość غلضت densidade densitate плотность hustota gostota gustina densitet ความหนาแน่น yoğunluk 密度 густина فی اکائی حجم میں موجود کمیت tỷ trọng 密度
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The coast was densely overgrown, nor was any building or sign of man apparent from the water.
Towards the stern of the boat it is spirally coiled away in the tub, not like the worm-pipe of a still though, but so as to form one round, cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, or layers of concentric spiralizations, without any hollow but the heart, or minute vertical tube formed at the axis of the cheese.
The fog that was dispersing on the hill lay still more densely below, where they were descending.
Texas plumed itself upon its 330,000 natives; Florida, with a far smaller territory, boasted of being much more densely populated with 56,000.
So when the villagers find they are visited by a colony of these vampires they get out, taking their live stock with them, and stay in caves or in densely wooded places until the bats fly on.
The engineer whistled, the train started, and soon disappeared, mingling its white smoke with the eddies of the densely falling snow.
When however we drew near it these joyous nymphs paused in their career, and parting on either side, permitted me to pass on to the now densely thronged building.
But these other apartments were densely crowded, and in them beat feverishly the heart of life.
In those days, and till comparatively recent times, the country was densely wooded.
At the bottom he came out on a flat, so densely forested that he could not make out its extent.
Pestsov insisted that one country can only absorb another when it is the more densely populated.
The grime and sordidness of the House of the Seven Gables seemed to have vanished since her appearance there; the gnawing tooth of the dry-rot was stayed among the old timbers of its skeleton frame; the dust had ceased to settle down so densely, from the antique ceilings, upon the floors and furniture of the rooms below,--or, at any rate, there was a little housewife, as light-footed as the breeze that sweeps a garden walk, gliding hither and thither to brush it all away.

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