browse
verb (used with object)
to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
had browsed
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past perfectof browse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He saw many rabbits, and there were signs where deer or moose had browsed on the birch twigs.
From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock
When he had browsed his fill of clover And cut his pranks all nicely over, Home Johnny came to take his drowse, All snug within his cellar-house.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Elizur Wright
They had browsed far up the ravine, and the dawn had broken by the time he returned.
From The Young Forester by Zane Grey
She had browsed a little among the thrilling shops of Princes Street.
From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Coleridge had browsed and expatiated over all the rich regions of literature, at home and abroad.
From Charles Lamb by Barry Cornwall
