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POKE INTO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine physically with or as if with a probe

Example:

probe an anthill

Synonyms:

dig into; poke into; probe

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "poke into" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "poke into"):

gutter (wear or cut gutters into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enter briefly

Example:

We poked into the bar

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "poke into" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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