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verb (used with object)

to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.

to examine or explore with a probe.

verb (used without object)

to examine or explore with or as if with a probe.

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noun

the act of probing.

a slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth or direction of a wound, sinus, or the like.

an investigation, especially by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity.

Aerospace. space probe.

a 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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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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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

Related forms

probe·a·ble, adjective

prob·er, noun

re·probe, verb, -probed, -prob·ing.

un·probed, adjective

Synonyms
1. investigate, scrutinize.

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Redness, puffiness, and bleeding upon probing indicate inflammation and possible periodontal disease.

Yes, indeed, this book is a probing of the nature and meaning of history and memory.

Probing beneath the smooth dark coating of the luxury craft, she found darker truths concealed.

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Redness, puffiness, and bleeding upon probing indicate inflammation and possible periodontal disease.

Yes, indeed, this book is a probing of the nature and meaning of history and memory.

Probing beneath the smooth dark coating of the luxury craft, she found darker truths concealed.

Since then, researchers have been probing how such a sunstone might have worked.

Probing the human brain directly presents great medical and ethical hurdles.

These noses are always on the move alternating between foraging, smelling and probing as they move around their exhibit.

They're small, but you can find them by probing the soil.

Current probing methods can only reach the upper third of the intestine.

Cases that do not improve may need to be opened by a probing procedure.

The internal exam did involve probing both inside of the uterus and checking my fallopian tubes and ovaries.

The researchers are now probing the limits of this new preservation technique.

Fifteen behaviors involved foraging using tools, such as probing for ants with sticks and cracking nuts with stones.

Rather, researchers were probing on a far smaller scale, investigating the life expectancy of subatomic quarks.

Tarzi has spent seven years probing the ground beneath the niches in search of the fabled statue.

They ask us probing questions, forcing us out of the groove of our memorized speeches.

The trouble is that only a few of the works in the show confine themselves to probing this inconsistency.

They'll cruise around the planet, probing and imaging rocks and soils for liquid clues.

Only continued probing will turn up answers to these and other questions.

The proper response would be to ask probing questions.

Trojan horses and key-stroke loggers probing them continuously.

Scientists are probing beneath the surface of the body's largest organ.

Cesarini says the research team is now probing possible genetic influences on cooperation and risk preferences.

His team has already begun probing the question of voting patterns.

Oceanographers are developing a new generation of unmanned subs for probing deep ocean and coastal waters.

Only further probing will reveal exactly what is going on.

Instead, they should be pleased that the authorities are now probing the chaebol's financial dealings.

Every few seconds the laser fell dark, then lit up again-the finger of meteorology probing the heavens over and over.

As well as probing these responses, the experiment examined unconscious negative responses to race.

They retrieve them by meticulously pecking and probing with their short bills.

He ends the article by calling for scientists to increasingly rely on multiple techniques when probing the brain.

The biologists engaged in a hogging frenzy, probing half-submerged logs.

There is no shortage of epigenetic questions ripe for probing.

At the same time that they were doing that, they were probing.

Working with performers, neuroscientists are probing the neural correlates of attention.

He's a good scientist, one who's earned kudos for his work probing the strengths and weaknesses of crustaceans and mollusks.

Probing a machine for consciousness need not require an elaborate mathematical construct.

Probing satire and whimsical musings by a leading cultural critic, with valuable insights into the city's pop culture.

But it still doesn't preclude questioning and probing whether particular ways of measuring are appropriate or optimal.

He moved down the spine toward the tail, probing around each vertebra with the handle of his brush.

Scientists are busy probing the mysteries of memory.

The astronauts spend a week probing unexplored places.

Fay waded out alone, probing the dark water ahead of him with a long stick.

He's a good scientist, one who's earned kudos for his work probing the strengths and weaknesses of crustraceans and mollusks.

It lacks the restless energy and off-beat psychological probing of much current fiction.

Previous bouts of cyberwarfare have been far more limited by comparison: probing another country's internet.

The film spare none of its characters in its probing of the corruption brought about by unquestioned power and influence.

Candidates should be asked probing questions in an honest and straightforward.

The hosts aren't afraid to ask probing questions and challenge the status quo.

Everybody would be probing everything under the sun.

But has the world ever seen as probing a work of zoological investigative reporting.

It's usually best to avoid probing for hints about how likely you are to be offered the job.

Too many bosses and shareholders accepted years of double-digit returns without probing the sources and sustainability of those.

They are now probing other parts of the brain in humans, chimps and macaques to see where neoteny might play a role.

In the computer security world, you have black hats and grey hats and white hats probing defenses.

Elastica performed a consistent, straight-ahead set of two-minute songs probing the intersection between punk and new wave.

Several other countries are probing the issue as well.

In the film's centerpiece, the traveler engages in a probing conversation with his widowed mother.

The fate of several journalists who have tried probing it, and found themselves prosecuted or.

And that may require probing the links between insurgency and the narcotics business a bit more closely.

Many of them agree with atheists that science, probing the universe to the farthest galaxy and the tiniest subatomic.

And those few larvae that were lucky enough to live long enough to extend a probing foot too often found only silt.

The concern here is that gangs may be probing military units to test their reaction.

Probing deeper beyond the superficial methods and metaphors of the artist's world, are the underpinnings of the culture.

He spent a long time probing his database to see if he could find any evidence of such a hidden route.

Current research in psychology and neuroscience is probing how the brain represents the body.

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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"

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is attested from 1953. The verb is first recorded 1649 (originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate"), from the noun.

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Medical Dictionary

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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