probe
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probe 
[prohb] Pronunciation Key verb, probed, prob·ing, noun
[prohb] Pronunciation Key verb, probed, prob·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience. |
| 2. | to examine or explore with a probe. |
| 3. | to examine or explore with or as if with a probe. |
| 4. | the act of probing. |
| 5. | a slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth or direction of a wound, sinus, or the like. |
| 6. | an investigation, esp. by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity. |
| 7. | Aerospace. space probe. |
| 8. | a projecting, pipelike device on a receiving aircraft used to make connection with and receive fuel from a tanker aircraft during refueling in flight. |
| 9. | a device, attached by cord to an oven, that can be inserted into roasts or other food so that the oven shuts off when the desired internal temperature of the food is reached. |
| 10. | Biology. any identifiable substance that is used to detect, isolate, or identify another substance, as a labeled strand of DNA that hybridizes with its complementary RNA or a monoclonal antibody that combines with a specific protein. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| probe
(prōb) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. probed, prob·ing, probes v. tr.
v. intr. To conduct an exploratory investigation; search. [Middle English, examination, from Medieval Latin proba, from Late Latin, proof, from Latin probāre, to test, from probus, good; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] prob'er n., prob'ing·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
probe (n.)
probe (n.)
1580, "instrument for exploring wounds, etc.," from M.L. proba "examination," in L.L. "test, proof," from L. probare (see prove). Meaning "act of probing" is 1890, from the verb; fig. sense of "penetrating investigation" is from 1903. Meaning "small, unmanned exploratory craft" is attested from 1953. The verb is first recorded 1649 (originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate"), from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| probe | |
noun | |
| 1. | an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal" |
| 2. | a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities |
| 3. | an exploratory action or expedition |
| 4. | an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity |
verb | |
| 1. | question or examine thoroughly and closely |
| 2. | examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill" |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
probe (prōb)
n.
A slender flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity. v. probed, prob·ing, probes
To explore a wound or body cavity with a probe.
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Probe
An object-oriented logic language based on ObjVlisp.
["Proposition d'une Extension Objet Minimale pour Prolog", Actes du Sem Prog en Logique, Tregastel (May 1987), pp. 483-506].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Probe
Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Probed; p. pr. & vb. n. Probing.] [L. probare to try, examine. See Prove.]1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe. 2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Probe
Probe\, n. (Surg.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc. --Parr. Probe, or Probe-pointed, scissors (Surg.), scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end. --Wiseman.
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