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- Dictionaryprobe/prōb/
noun
- 1. a blunt-ended surgical instrument used for exploring a wound or part of the body.
verb
- 1. physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument: "researchers probing the digestive glands of mollusks" Similar
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The meaning of PROBE is a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity). How to use probe in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Probe.
PROBE definition: 1. to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions…. Learn more.
Probe definition: to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely. See examples of PROBE used in a sentence.
If you probe something, you investigate it thoroughly. If you go into business with someone, you might probe her finances to make sure that she has a good track record.
9 meanings: 1. to search into or question closely 2. to examine (something) with or as if with a probe 3. something that.... Click for more definitions.
probe. (prōb) n. 1. a. A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity. b. An electrode or other device that can be placed inside something to take and convey measurements. c. A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample. d.
PROBE definition: 1. to ask a lot of questions in order to discover information about something or someone: 2. a…. Learn more.
probe (into something) (used especially in newspapers) a complete and careful investigation of something. a police probe into the financial affairs of the company; Arson probe after three die at home.
probe meaning, definition, what is probe: to ask questions in order to find things...: Learn more.
Origin of Probe. For noun: Late Latin proba (“a proof" ), from probare (“to test, examine, prove" ); see proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe" ), from tentar (“try, test" ); see tempt. For verb: Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove" ), from probus (“good" ).
