probe

/proʊb/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to search into or examine something: [I] Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case. › To probe something with a tool is to examine it: [T] Using a special instrument, the doctor probed the wound for the bullet.

(Definition of probe v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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