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Definition
to investigate; or an investigationor:
any of various instrument used for investigation
instruments such as:
- an instrument to measure electronic voltage
- a surgical tool used for examination
- an unmanned spacecraft used for exploration
- There was a congressional probe into the scandal.
probe = investigation
- She probed beneath the gum line as she examined his teeth.
- A space probe was sent to investigate the planet's atmosphere.
- She probed the anthill with a stick.
- Use the probe to test the circuit.
- I felt and probed with my fingers.Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- He keeps probing for more information and I tell him there isn't any more, that I've held nothing back.Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
- His eyes and his mind probed for danger before it appeared.John Steinbeck -- The Pearl
- For a brief, illuminating second Meg's face had the listening, probing expression that was so often seen on Charles's.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- he had tried to probe Murtagh's consciousness,Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- The Congs we were after had been probing along our defenses, looking for soft spots.Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- She probed the farther darkness with her trained senses.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- The evil of our crime is not for the human mind to probe.Ayn Rand -- Anthem
- The cushions we probed with the fine long needles you have seen me employ.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Purloined Letter
- Lacerations of the scalp (he probed Does that hurt?)Ernest Hemingway -- A Farewell to Arms
- Fingers probed.Robert Lipsyte -- The Contender
- "Try to find out who I am, then," the thought probed.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- Charles wore his listening, probing look.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- Charles Wallace got his look of probing, of listening.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- Charles Wallace looked at Calvin probingly for a moment; then an almost glazed look came into his eyes, and he seemed to be thinking at him.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
probed = investigated (in this case by pressing a dental instrument between the tooth and gum)
probed = investigated
probing = searching (investigating)
probed = searched (investigated)
probing = investigating
probe = explore (investigate)
probing = investigating or exploring
probed = investigated
probe = to investigate
probed = investigated
probed = investigated (explored the wound with a medical instrument)
probed = pushed against or into to investigate
probed = penetrated
probing = investigating
probing = investigating
probingly = in the manner of an investigation
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