| porous | (adj) able to absorb fluids, Example: the partly porous walls of our digestive system; compacting the soil to make it less porous |
| porous | (adj) full of pores or vessels or holes, Syn. poriferous, Ant. nonporous |
| Porous | a. [ Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n. ] Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; |
| Porously | adv. In a porous manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Porousness | n. They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ] |