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browse

[ brouz ]
/ braʊz /
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verb (used with object), browsed, brows·ing.
verb (used without object), browsed, brows·ing.
noun
tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
an act or instance of browsing.
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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
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How to use browse in a sentence

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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