Meaning of BROWSE
| Pronunciation: | | brawz
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- [n] the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- [n] reading superficially or at random
- [v] eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
- [v] look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
- [v] feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
- [v] shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
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| | Synonyms: | | browsing, browsing, crop, graze, graze, pasture, range, shop, surf |
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| | See Also: | | antique, comparison-shop, eat, eating, feed, feeding, look for, look for, nosh, reading, search, search, seek, seek, snack, window-shop | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot,
F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste,
bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle},
n., {Brush}, n.]
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the
food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser.
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On
browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.
\Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F.
brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.]
1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees,
shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some
other animals.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak.
2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
--Tennyson.
\Browse\ (brouz), v. i.
1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or
trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | batten upon, crop, dip into, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed on, flip through, glance at, glance over, glance through, go marketing, go over, go shopping, graze, live on, look over, look through, market, pasture on, peruse, prey on, run over, run through, scan, shop, skim, thumb over, thumb through, window-shop |
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