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probe-and-drogue — «PROHB uhn DROHG», noun. a method of refueling planes in flight. The plane to be refueled inserts a pipelike probe into the funnel shaped drogue that hangs on the end of a long flexible hose from a tanker plane … Useful english dictionary
probe — I n. 1) to conduct, launch a probe 2) an exhaustive, thorough probe 3) an interplanetary, space probe 4) a police probe 5) a probe into, of (a police probe into racketeering) II v. 1) to probe deeply, thoroughly 2) (d; tr.) to probe about, on (to … Combinatory dictionary
probe — ▪ I. probe probe 1 [prəʊb ǁ proʊb] noun [countable] JOURNALISM a very thorough examination of something that has happened; = INQUIRY: • The probe focuses on an unauthorized bid placed by the company two months ago. probe into/of … Financial and business terms
probe — I UK [prəʊb] / US [proʊb] noun [countable] Word forms probe : singular probe plural probes * 1) mainly journalism an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television… … English dictionary
probe — probe1 [ proub ] noun count * 1. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television program, etc: INQUIRY: probe into: a full scale government probe… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
probe — [[t]pro͟ʊb[/t]] probes, probing, probed 1) VERB If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. [V into n] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become... [V for n]… … English dictionary
probe — probe1 [prəub US proub] v [I and T] 1.) to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know probe into ▪ I don t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs. ▪ Police probed claims… … Dictionary of contemporary English
probe — 1. noun /pɹəʊb,pɹoʊb/ a) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs etc. They launched a probe into the cause of the accident. b) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains… … Wiktionary
probe — 1. noun a probe into city hall corruption Syn: investigation, enquiry, examination, inquest, study 2. verb 1) their long beaks are suited to probing the ground Syn: prod, poke, dig into, delve into, explore, fe … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
probe — 1. noun a probe into the air crash Syn: investigation, inquiry, examination, inquest, exploration, study, analysis 2. verb 1) alien hands probed his body Syn: examine, feel, feel around, explore, prod … Thesaurus of popular words
