probe implies penetration to investigate or explore something hidden from sight or knowledge.

PROBE definition: 1. to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions…. Learn more.

PROBE definition: to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely. See examples of probe used in a sentence.

If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. For three years, I have …

any slender device inserted into something in order to explore or examine: A probe was pushed slowly into the reactor core to determine how much radioactivity had been released.

4 days ago · probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed) (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.

An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region: the scouts' probe of enemy territory.

PROBE meaning: 1 : to ask a lot of questions in order to find secret or hidden information about someone or something; 2 : to touch or reach into (something) by using your finger, a long tool, etc., …

probe: A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.

Definition of probe noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.