- (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
- (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
- (a.) Capable of being penetrated or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
- (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "pervious" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/pervious/definitions/2044284> |