Definitions for: Pervious

[adj] admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"

Webster (1913) Definition: Per"vi*ous, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
Per-, and Voyage.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as
applied to the nostrils or birds.

Synonyms: receptive

Antonyms: imperviable, impervious

See Also: permeable

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