pervious

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.

   a pervious soil

2. adjective Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed.
3. adjective Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed.
4. adjective Capable of being penetrated mentally; intelligible, understandable.
5. adjective Of a person, etc.: susceptible to being influenced by arguments, ideas, etc.; impressionable, tractable.
6. adjective Capable of penetrating or permeating.
7. adjective Capable of penetrating or permeating.
8. adjective Of a body structure (especially the nostril of a bird): having a hole, perforate; also, wide open.

Similar words

receptive preceding previous earlier urachus permeable perforable permeative permeant pierceable

Often followed by

to and material layer soil stratum soils areas strata

Word family

perviousness perviousnesses