Probe

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.
  • noun. An electrode or other device that can be placed inside something to take and convey measurements.
  • noun. A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.
  • noun. A space probe.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region.
  • noun. The act of exploring or searching with a device or instrument.
  • noun. An investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry: synonym: inquiry.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To penetrate or explore physically, especially with a probe, in order to find or discover something.
  • intransitive verb. To investigate by means of a chemical probe.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make an inquiry about (something); investigate or examine.
  • intransitive verb. To subject (a person) to questioning; interrogate.
  • intransitive verb. To make a physical search, especially by penetrating with a probe.
  • intransitive verb. To pose questions or conduct an investigation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To examine with or as with a probe; explore, as a wound or other cavity, especially of the body: often used of searching for some extraneous object in a part or organ by means of an instrument thrust into it.
  • Figuratively, to search to the bottom; scrutinize; examine thoroughly into.
  • To prick, as a sealed can, so as to allow the compressed air or gas within to escape.
  • noun. A proof; a trial; a test.
  • noun. A printer's proof.
  • noun. In surgery, a slender flexible rod of silver or other substance for examining the conditions of a wound or other cavity, or the direction of a sinus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
  • transitive verb. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
  • verb. To explore, investigate, or question
  • verb. To insert a probe into.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
  • verb. examine physically with or as if with a probe
  • noun. an exploratory action or expedition
  • verb. question or examine thoroughly and closely
  • noun. a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
  • noun. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
  • Word Usage
    "No one on Earth knows how to communicate with the probe, but upon returning to Earth, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew learn that the probe is attempting to communicate with humpback whales, which have been extinct since the 21st century."
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