noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dense undergrowth (= plants, bushes etc growing around and under trees )
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The bird is found mainly in woodland where there is dense undergrowth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dense
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We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth , chopping at it with jungle machetes.
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It prefers woodlands with an open canopy coupled with dense undergrowth and some clearings.
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One aspect of bureaucratic life which did not appeal to the permanent secretary manqué in No. 10 was the dense committee undergrowth .
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The path wound in and out of deep ravines, through thick oak and pine forests and dense undergrowth .
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Nightingales appreciate an open tree canopy with plenty of dense undergrowth and thicket below to provide nesting sites and shelter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Something rustled in the undergrowth .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if they did they wouldn't be laughing; they'd be too busy tracking their way through the undergrowth .
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Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit.
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Crunching up the gravel drive past a clump of rhododendrons, she heard a scuffle in the undergrowth .
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Even if she reached the trees, the Dragoons would soon ride Sharpe down in the tangle of undergrowth .
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Mrs Nishimae stops, putting a finger over her lips, then disappears through a small opening in a tangle of undergrowth .
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Sandra hid in undergrowth nearby as Robert was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and beaten by the gang.
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There was a scuffle, and then a woman's giggle, among the undergrowth toward the centre of the small coppice.
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We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth , chopping at it with jungle machetes.