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Meaning of probe

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  probe
      n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
           "there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn:
           {probe}, {investigation}]
      2: a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that
         is used to explore wounds or body cavities
      3: an exploratory action or expedition
      4: an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical
         instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
      v 1: question or examine thoroughly and closely [syn: {probe},
           {examine}]
      2: examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an
         anthill" [syn: {probe}, {dig into}, {poke into}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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