PROBE

probe

(noun) an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

probe

(noun) an exploratory action or expedition

probe

(noun) a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

probe, investigation

(noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; “there was a congressional probe into the scandal”

probe, examine

(verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely

probe, dig into, poke into

(verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe; “probe an anthill”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

probe (plural probes)

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.]

(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. [from 17th c.]

An act of probing; a prod, a poke. [from 19th c.]

(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry. [from 20th c.]

(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. [from 20th c.]

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.]

(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. [from 20th c.]

(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

(biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

Synonyms

• (game of go) yosu-miru

Verb

probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed)

(transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question

(transitive) To insert a probe into.

Anagrams

• Pober, rebop

Proper noun

Probe

A model of Ford automobile.

Anagrams

• Pober, rebop

Source: Wiktionary

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Probe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Probed; p. pr. & vb. n. Probing.] Etym: [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.

Probe, n. (Surg.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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