dense (
http://definr.com/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]