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1. (adj.) porous
permeable by water, air, etc.
2. porous
full of pores.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME, var. of porose < ML porōsus. See pore2, -ous)
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1. (adj) porous
able to absorb fluids
"the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
2. (adj) porous, poriferous
full of pores or vessels or holes
3. (adj) holey, porous
allowing passage in and out
"our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"
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1. (noun) porous
full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood
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Sense: allowing liquid to pass through
porous clay.
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 Afrikaans: poreus |
 Arabic: ذو مَسام |
 Bulgarian: порест |
 Brazilian: poroso |
 Czech: porézní, propustný |
 German: porös |
 Danish: poret |
 Greek: πορώδης |
 Spanish: poroso |
 Estonian: poorne |
 Farsi: منفذ دار |
 Finnish: huokoinen |
 French: poreux |
 Hebrew: מְחַלחֵל |
 Hindi: छिद्रिल, सूक्ष्मरंध्र |
 Croatian: porozan,šupljikav |
 Hungarian: lyukacsos |
 Indonesian: berlubang-lubang |
 Icelandic: gljúpur |
 Italian: poroso |
 Japanese: 穴の多い |
 Korean: 투과성의 |
 Lithuanian: akytas, korytas, poringas |
 Latvian: porains |
 Malay: dapat menyerap; poros |
 Dutch: poreus |
 Norwegian: porøs |
 Polish: porowaty |
 Persian: ، جالى دار كه مايعات از آ |
 Pashto: هغه شى چې اوبه ورڅخه تيرى |
 Portuguese: poroso |
 Romanian: poros |
 Russian: пористый |
 Slovak: priepustný |
 Slovenian: porozen |
 Serbian: koji propušta |
 Swedish: porös |
 Thai: ที่มีรูพรุน |
 Turkish: gözenekli |
 Taiwanese: 可浸透的 |
 Ukrainian: пористий, ніздрюватий |
 Urdu: مسام دار، سوراخوں والا |
 Vietnamese: xốp |
 Chinese: 可浸透的 |
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