Probe

Quick meaning: Probe is a noun meaning (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

Meaning

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
2. An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
3. (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
4. (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
5. (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
6. (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
7. (go) A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.

Example Sentences

They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown

Word Forms

• probes
• probing
• probed

Synonyms for probe

Depending on context, synonyms include examine, probing, investigation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include examine, investigation, catheter, physician, sensor, tube.

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