browse

[ brouz ]

/ braʊz /

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verb (used with object), browsed, brows·ing.

to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).

to graze; pasture on.

to look through or glance at casually or randomly: He's browsing the shelves for something to read.

to access and view (website content) with a Web browser, usually without looking for something specific: a secure way to browse the Web.

verb (used without object), browsed, brows·ing.

to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.

to graze.

to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.

to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.

to access and view websites with a Web browser, as in mobile browsing; online browsing:If you love to browse while on the road, you can easily take advantage of free Wi-Fi .

noun

tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.

an act or instance of browsing.

OTHER WORDS FOR browse

3 scan, skim, examine, peruse, check.

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Origin of browse

1400–50; late Middle English browsen, perhaps a verbal derivative of Anglo-French broz, plural of brot shoot, new growth, Old French brost<Old Low Franconian *brust bud, noun derivative of *brustjan; compare Old Saxon brustian to come into bud

OTHER WORDS FROM browse

browser, nounnon·brows·ing, adjective, nouno·ver·browse, verb (used with object), o·ver·browsed, o·ver·brows·ing.un·brows·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH browse

brows, browse

Words nearby browse

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How to use browse in a sentence

The result is a seamless experience in which a consumer remains immersed in the publisher’s content but has access to the entire shopper’s journey, from browse to purchase.
Shoppable content is reshaping brand and publisher relationships|Trevor Grigoruk|February 26, 2021|Digiday
You get to browse full menus by phone and receive confirmation when your order is being processed.
How Much Do You Tip A Robot Bartender?|Kayleigh Kulp|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But like those old cards, some of the data goes unused, although I occasionally browse through it and show it off to friends.
The Best Quantified Self Site You Haven’t Heard Of|Jamie Todd Rubin|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Make it easy for me to browse all the new releases—and not just the titles you want to promote.
25 Things I Want from an Online Music Service (and Almost Never Get)|Ted Gioia|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Will millionaire buyers really be willing to browse for Monets alongside the Average Joe sorting paintings by Price: Low to High?
Amazon Opens Fine Art Market|Filipa Ioannou|August 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Employers can now browse these profiles and choose beautiful employees.
Lady Gaga's Fake Nail Sells for $12,000; Israeli Soldiers Reportedly Disciplined for Underwear Photo Shoot|The Fashion Beast Team|June 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We look before and afterAt cattle as they browse;Our most hearty laughterSomething sad must rouse.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
Then he turned to browse on the aromatic twigs of the birch saplings.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
Every morning Peter went down to Doerfli to bring up a flock of goats to browse on the mountain.
Heidi|Johanna Spyri
The tall giraffe, with his prehensile lip, raised nearly twenty feet in the air, can browse upon these trees without difficulty.
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid
Nor can he browse the herbage without making a great digression or falling on his knees.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin

British Dictionary definitions for browse

browse

/ (braʊz) /

verb

to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner

computing to search for and read hypertext, esp on the Internet

(of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling

noun

the act or an instance of browsing

the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed

Word Origin for browse

C15: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud

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