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Another word for probe

Noun

  1. The act or an instance of exploring or investigating

    2. See also:

    investigate

  2. Something, as a remark, used to determine the attitude of another

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    investigate

  3. A seeking of knowledge, data, or the truth about something

    4. See also:

    investigate

Another word for probe

Verb

  1. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information

    2. See also:

    investigate

  2. To test the attitude of

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    investigate

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Another word for probe

Noun
    2. See also:

    examination

Another word for probe

Verb
    2. See also:

    examine

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Sentence Examples

  • We are therefore forced to pause awhile, and probe beneath the surface.

  • (I) Animal removed from its shell, a probe g passed into the sub-pallial chamber through the excurrent siphonal notch.

  • Failing analytically to probe its nature, historically we seek relief to our perplexities by tracing its origin..

  • (5) The two gill-plates of the left side reflected upwards so as to expose the fissure between foot and gill where the probe g passes.

  • Collectively the Ixodidae and Argasidae may be distinguished from other Acari by the presence of a median probe, armed with recurved teeth, which project forwards beneath the mouth and between the palpi, and of a conspicuous spiracular area above and usually behind the base of the fourth leg on each side.

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