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ALL meanings of probe

probe
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  • noun Technical meaning of probe An object-oriented logic language based on ObjVlisp. 1
  • noun probe medicine 1
  • noun probe exploration, poking 1
  • transitive verb probe investigate 1
  • noun probe inquiry 1
  • transitive verb probe ask questions 1
  • transitive verb probe explore, poke 1
  • intransitive verb probe question 1
  • verb with object probe to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience. 1
  • verb with object probe to examine or explore with a probe. 1
  • verb without object probe to examine or explore with or as if with a probe. 1
  • noun probe the act of probing. 1
  • noun probe a slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth or direction of a wound, sinus, or the like. 1
  • noun probe an investigation, especially by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity. 1
  • noun probe Aerospace. space probe. 1
  • noun probe a projecting, pipelike device on a receiving aircraft used to make connection with and receive fuel from a tanker aircraft during refueling in flight. 1
  • noun probe a device, attached by cord to an oven, that can be inserted into roasts or other food so that the oven shuts off when the desired internal temperature of the food is reached. 1
  • noun probe Biology. any identifiable substance that is used to detect, isolate, or identify another substance, as a labeled strand of DNA that hybridizes with its complementary RNA or a monoclonal antibody that combines with a specific protein. 1
  • verb probe If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. 0
  • verb probe Probe is also a noun. 0
  • verb probe If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. 0
  • countable noun probe A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. 0
  • verb probe If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. 0
  • verb probe In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops. 0
  • countable noun probe A space probe is a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth. 0
  • verb probe to search into or question closely 0
  • verb probe to examine (something) with or as if with a probe 0
  • noun probe something that probes, examines, or tests 0
  • noun probe a slender and usually flexible instrument for exploring a wound, sinus, etc 0
  • noun probe a thorough inquiry, such as one by a newspaper into corrupt practices 0
  • noun probe a lead connecting to or containing a measuring or monitoring circuit used for testing 0
  • noun probe a conductor inserted into a waveguide or cavity resonator to provide coupling to an external circuit 0
  • noun probe any of various devices that provide a coupling link, esp a flexible tube extended from an aircraft to link it with another so that it can refuel 0
  • noun probe a slender, blunt surgical instrument for exploring a wound or the like 0
  • noun probe the act of probing 0
  • noun probe a searching examination 0
  • noun probe an investigation, as by a legislative committee, into corruption, etc. 0
  • noun probe an exploratory advance or patrol 0
  • noun probe an instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc. 0
  • noun probe any of various devices, as a Pitot tube or electrode, inserted into an environment for measuring, testing, etc. 0
  • verb transitive probe to explore (a wound, etc.) with a probe 0
  • verb transitive probe to investigate or examine with great thoroughness 0
  • intransitive verb probe to search; investigate 0
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