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pervious

DEFINITIONS OF: pervious

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adj admitting of passage or entrance

pervious soil”
“a metal pervious to heat”
Synonyms
permeable
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
receptive
open to arguments, ideas, or change
Antonyms:
imperviable, impervious
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
impermeable
preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
fast
resistant to destruction or fading
acid-fast
not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
colorfast
having color that is resistant to fading or running
greaseproof
resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax
moth-resistant, mothproof
resistant to damage by moths
proof
(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
resistant
impervious to being affected
corrosion-resistant
impervious to corrosion
rot-resistant
resistant to rotting
ladder-proof, run-resistant, runproof
(of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
soundproof
impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound
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