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Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

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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. Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to thenostrils or birds.
  7. a. admitting of passage or entrance