A. Texture – how something feels when you touch it

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

B. Brightness

You wear such dull colours – why don’t you start wearing bright colours for a change?
The light’s too dim to read in here. We need another lamp.
I wear sunglasses when I drive because of the glare of the sun.

C. Density and weight

• A solid ≠ hollow object.
• She has thick ≠ thin/fine hair.
• An area with dense ≠ sparse vegetation.
• Your bag’s as light as a feather! Have you brought enough clothes?
• Your bag’s as heavy as lead! What’s in it? Bricks?
• This suitcase is very bulky/cumbersome. /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ [difficult, big and heavy]