vt fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
2. probe ·vt to examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
3. probe ·noun an instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, ·etc.