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 …

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.

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.

Hybridization probe, a labeled fragment of DNA or RNA, Test probe (electronics), a physical device used to connect electronic test equipment to a device under test Probe is a newspaper …

Nov 9, 2025 · probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed) (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, …

To penetrate or explore physically, especially with a probe, in order to find or discover something.

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, …