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browse
[ brouz ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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.
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
Other Words From
- browser noun
- non·browsing adjective noun
- over·browse verb (used with object) overbrowsed overbrowsing
- un·browsing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of browse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of browse1
Example Sentences
You get to browse full menus by phone and receive confirmation when your order is being processed.
But like those old cards, some of the data goes unused, although I occasionally browse through it and show it off to friends.
Make it easy for me to browse all the new releases—and not just the titles you want to promote.
Will millionaire buyers really be willing to browse for Monets alongside the Average Joe sorting paintings by Price: Low to High?
Employers can now browse these profiles and choose beautiful employees.
We look before and afterAt cattle as they browse;Our most hearty laughterSomething sad must rouse.
Then he turned to browse on the aromatic twigs of the birch saplings.
Every morning Peter went down to Doerfli to bring up a flock of goats to browse on the mountain.
The tall giraffe, with his prehensile lip, raised nearly twenty feet in the air, can browse upon these trees without difficulty.
Nor can he browse the herbage without making a great digression or falling on his knees.
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