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Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

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  1. a. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
  2. adj. admitting of penetration or passage into or through
  3. adj. capable of being penetrated
  4. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak. -- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n. -- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.
  5. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used alsofiguratively.And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden.I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak.-- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n.-- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.
  6. j:100 a. admitting of penetration or passage into or through s. capable of being penetrated