probe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove.
For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.
Inflected forms:
form: probes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: probes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: probing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: probed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: probed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
pos: noun
examples: You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.
You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception!
gloss: Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Silverberg also gives the reader reader some excellent character insight; deep probes into the minds of all the principals bring the reader closer to the persons involved than might be thought possible with the plot so far removed from the realm of normality.
gloss: An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
pos: noun
gloss: An investigation or inquiry.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
gloss: A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
pos: noun
gloss: A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
pos: noun
examples: Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
gloss: A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
pos: noun
gloss: A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
pos: noun
gloss: Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
pos: noun
gloss: To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown
It was exhilarating to watch him share a meal and then probe deeper into the cultures, the politics, and the heartbeat of the people of the city or country he was in. He seemed so learned, but not in any pretentious way.
gloss: To insert a probe into.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: probable
proband
probation
probeable
probesome
probity
proof
prove
Derived words: armed probe
bioprobe
Bracewell probe
cryoprobe
endoprobe
fluoroprobe
geoprobe
immunoprobe
lambda probe
light probe
microprobe
milliprobe
miniprobe
misprobe
multiprobe
nanoprobe
oligoprobe
photoprobe
probeable
probe-and-drogue
probelike
prober
probe-scissors
probeset
pyroprobe
radioprobe
reflection probe
reprobe
riboprobe
space probe
thermoprobe
thetaprobe
von Neumann probe
unprobed
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِسْبَار
roman: misbār
lang: Bulgarian
word: сонда
roman: sonda
lang: Catalan
word: sonda
lang: Czech
word: sonda
lang: French
word: sonde
lang: French
word: explorateur
lang: Galician
word: sonda
lang: Greek
word: καθετήρας
roman: kathetíras
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μήλη
roman: mḗlē
lang: Hebrew
word: זונדה
roman: zónda
lang: Italian
word: sonda
lang: Italian
word: specillo
lang: Latin
word: specillum
lang: Latin
word: mēlōtris
lang: Māori
word: rou
lang: Māori
word: toromoka
lang: Occitan
word: sonda
lang: Polish
word: sonda
lang: Portuguese
word: sonda
lang: Russian
word: зонд
roman: zond
lang: Russian
word: щуп
roman: ščup
lang: Spanish
word: tienta
lang: Spanish
word: sonda
lang: Telugu
word: ఏషణి
roman: ēṣaṇi
lang: Turkish
word: sonda
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: میل
roman: mil
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سونده
roman: sonda
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اسقندیل
roman: iskandil