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