nnoun.cognitionan inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activitiesSynset:investigation
Examples:- there was a congressional probe into the scandal
Derivationally Related Form:probeinvestigate
Hypernyms:enquiry inquiry research
Inherited Hypernyms:probeinquiryproblem solvingthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fishing expedition
Full Hyponyms:fishing expedition
nnoun.artifacta flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavitiesDerivationally Related Form:probe
Hypernyms:surgical instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:probesurgical instrumentmedical instrumentinstrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actan exploratory action or expeditionHypernyms:exploration
Inherited Hypernyms:probeexplorationsearchactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actan investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavityDerivationally Related Form:probe
Hypernyms:research
Inherited Hypernyms:proberesearchinvestigationworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationquestion or examine thoroughly and closelySynset:examine
Derivationally Related Form:examinationprobe
Hypernyms:investigate look into
Inherited Hypernyms:probeinvestigateanalyze
Direct Hyponyms:enquirehearinquireinvestigatere-examinetry
Full Troponyms:hearinvestigatere-examinerehearspy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The men --- for animals in the area (apply to: probe) | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: probe)
vverb.contactexamine physically with or as if with a probeSynset:dig into poke into
Derivationally Related Form:probe
Hypernyms:penetrate perforate
Inherited Hypernyms:probepenetrateenter
Direct Hyponyms:gutter
Full Troponyms:gutter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something