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verb (used with object)
1.
to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
2.
to examine or explore with a probe.
verb (used without object)
3.
to examine or explore with or as if with a probe.
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Probed
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noun
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, especially by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity.
7.
Aerospace. space probe.
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EXPANDa projecting, pipelike device on a receiving aircraft used to make connection with and receive fuel from a tanker aircraft during refueling in flight.
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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.
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COLLAPSEBiology. 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.
Origin:
1555–65; (noun) < Medieval Latin proba examination, Late Latin: test, derivative of probāre (see prove); (v.) partly derivative of the noun, partly < Latin probāre. See proof
1555–65; (noun) < Medieval Latin proba examination, Late Latin: test, derivative of probāre (see prove); (v.) partly derivative of the noun, partly < Latin probāre. See proof
Related forms
probe·a·ble, adjective
prob·er, noun
re·probe, verb, -probed, -prob·ing.
un·probed, adjective
Synonyms
1. investigate, scrutinize.
1. investigate, scrutinize.
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Word Origin & History
probe
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"
EXPANDis attested from 1953. The verb is first recorded 1649 (originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate"), from the noun.
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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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