Definition of explores:
(v) :
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(v) :
(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
(v) :
(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
(v) :
(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
(v) :
(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
(v) :
(intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.