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Texture, brightness, weight and density

Texture - how something feels when you touch it

( adjective typical examples
smooth the paper in this book
polished varnished wood / a shiny metal surface
silky silk itself / fine, expensive tights or stockings
sleek highly polished, streamlined new car bodywork
downy new-born baby's hair
slippery a fish just out of the water
furry a thick sheepskin rug
rough new, unwashed denim jeans / bark of a tree
coarse sand
1 agged sharp, irregular edges of broken glass or metal
prickly a thistle, a hedgehog, thorns on a rose
gnarled twisted, dead wood from an old tree

Your hair has a silky feel. This cotton is very smooth to the touch.
The table had a beautiful polished surface. The ground was rough underfoot.

A shiny object lying in the sand a carnival full of vivid colours

a dazzling light a shady corner of the garden
You wear such dull colours: why not get some brighter clothes?
This torch is getting a bit dim; it needs new batteries.
' Density and weight
I wear sun-glasses because of the glare of the sun on the sand.

A solid z hollow object She has thick z thin/fine hair
An area with dense z sparse vegetation.
These boxes are rather weighty. [heavier than expected]
Your bag's as light as a feather! Have you brought enough?
Your bag's as heavy as lead! What's in it, bricks?
This suitcase is very cumbersome. [difficult, big and heavy]

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