Thesaurus: pervious

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1. a. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
2. a. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
3. a. Capable of penetrating or pervading.
4. a. Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
5. adj. admitting of passage or entrance
6. 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. (Zoöl.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
7. Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to thenostrils or birds.
8. a. admitting of passage or entrance