probe

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: investigationexaminedig intopoke into

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities“there was a congressional probe into the scandal”Synonyms: 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 closelySynonyms: examine
  2. examine physically with or as if with a probe“probe an anthill”Synonyms: dig intopoke into
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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].

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