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Probe
- noun - a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
- an exploratory action or expedition
- an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
- an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
- examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
Prole
- noun - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
Prone
- adjective - having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"
- lying face downward
Prore
- - The prow or fore part of a ship.
Prose
- noun - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
- ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
Prove
- verb - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
- cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
- increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
- obtain probate of; "prove a will"
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
- take a trial impression of
Trope
- noun - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- Recurrent theme, motif