He probed his memory for some clue as to where he had been on that date.
•Sam probed the darkened space for the tool that he had mislaid.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
probe — I UK [prəʊb] / US [proʊb] noun [countable] Word forms probe : singular probe plural probes * 1) mainly journalism an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television… … English dictionary
probe — probe1 [ proub ] noun count * 1. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television program, etc: INQUIRY: probe into: a full scale government probe… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
probe — [[t]pro͟ʊb[/t]] probes, probing, probed 1) VERB If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. [V into n] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become... [V for n]… … English dictionary
probe — probe1 [prəub US proub] v [I and T] 1.) to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know probe into ▪ I don t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs. ▪ Police probed claims… … Dictionary of contemporary English
probe — 1 verb (I, T) 1 to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know (+ into): I don t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs. | probe sth: a report probing the official s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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probe — [prəʊb] verb I 1) [I/T] to try to find out the truth about something, especially by asking a lot of questions 2) [T] to examine something by using your fingers or a tool probing adj II noun [C] probe [prəʊb] 1) a long thin medical instrument that … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
probe — [[t]proʊb[/t]] v. probed, prob•ing, n. 1) to search into or examine thoroughly: to probe one s conscience[/ex] 2) to explore with a probe 3) to examine or explore with or as if with a probe 4) a slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth … From formal English to slang
probe — I. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin proba examination, from Latin probare Date: 1580 1. a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) 2. a. any of various testing devices or substances: as (1) a pointed … New Collegiate Dictionary
probe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prod, pierce, stab; sound, fathom; search, investigate, sift, explore; verify. See inquiry, measurement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, scrutiny, inquiry; see examination 1 . v. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
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