dense
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- adjective
- /dɛns/
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- What lies hidden beneath this dense canopy of green?
- dense undergrowth
- a dense forest
- dense stands of trees
And so it's highly, it's very dense, highly planted.
- And so it's highly, it's very dense, highly planted.
- Axis theory evolved with Bengal tigers and leopards in dense jungle.
- In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- But yeah, it is kind of a similarly surreal mountain landscape with dense jungle around it.
Examples
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We struggled to find our way through the dense undergrowth of the jungle.
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The ocean is to the right of the fairway, and dense woods are all along the left.
Fiction book (1994) -
A path through a dense, dark forest.
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Do you know how dense this forest is?
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We're moving through a dense growth.
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Paris is twice as dense as London in its busiest central parts.
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The entangling stands were so dense that one could easily become lost in them.
Academic text (1991) -
Macleod rides his horse along a road blanketed by dense forest on each side.
Fiction book (1994) -
A mule deer leaped from the dense brush and dipped across the changing river.
Fiction book (1994) -
In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
Synonyms
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Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense
Plants or trees that grow very close together and form a crowded group
Covered with thick bushes or small trees
Antonyms
Compounds
A tall plant with many close purple flower spikes used in flower arrangements
How Dense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dense comes from the old Latin word densus, meaning 'thick' or 'crowded', the same root behind density. So a dense forest or undergrowth is full of plants packed tightly together, making it hard to walk through.