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Meaning of 'pervious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pervious [ a.]
- Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
- Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
- Capable of penetrating or pervading.
- Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

Meaning of 'pervious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pervious [ a]
Meaning (1):
- admitting of passage or entrance
Example in sentence:
  • a metal pervious to heat;
  • pervious soil

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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