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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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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 definition: to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely. See examples of PROBE used in a sentence.
If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. American English : probe / ˈproʊb /
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an instrument or tool used to explore the shape, condition, or depth of something that cannot be seen directly. The doctor used a probe to look inside my throat. similar words: instrument. definition 2: the act of looking for facts showing a crime was committed or a law was broken.
probe. verb [ I or T ] uk/prəʊb/us/proʊb/ to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions carefully and not directly: The interviewer probed deep into her private life. Detectives questioned him for hours, probing for any inconsistencies in his story.
There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun probe, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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