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Pervious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pervious? [adj] admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pervious: receptive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pervious: accessible \| amenable \| approachable \| attainable \| available \| come-at-able \| excretory \| exudative \| findable \| getatable \| gettable \| impressionable \| influenceable \| leaky \| malleable \| movable \| obtainable \| oozy \| open \| open to \| openable \| open-minded \| penetrable \| percolative \| permeable \| persuadable \| persuasible \| plastic \| pliable \| pliant \| porose \| porous \| procurable \| reachable \| receptive \| responsive \| runny \| securable \| suasible \| suggestible \| susceptible \| swayable \| to be had \| transudative \| weak \| weepy \| within reach See Also \| permeable Pervious In Webster's Dictionary \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See {Per-}, and {Voyage}.] 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil. [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. --Pope. 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

Pervious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pervious?

[adj] admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pervious: receptive

See Also | permeable

Pervious In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
{Per-}, and {Voyage}.]
1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another
   body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

         [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.
                                               --Pope.

2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical
   or mental vision. [R.]

         God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.

3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as
   applied to the nostrils or birds.

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