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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
- Example: "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
[syn: probe, investigation]

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 (2)

1. question or examine thoroughly and closely;
[syn: probe, examine]

2. examine physically with or as if with a probe;
- Example: "probe an anthill"
[syn: probe, dig into, poke into]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Probe \Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Probed; p. pr. & vb. n. Probing.] [L. probare to try, examine. See Prove.] [1913 Webster] 1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Probe scissors, 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

probe n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn: probe, investigation] 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 v 1: question or examine thoroughly and closely [syn: probe, examine] 2: examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill" [syn: probe, dig into, poke into]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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].