browse

[browse]

To browse is to look casually for whatever catches your eye, rather than searching for something specific. Window shopping and scanning the newspaper for interesting headlines are forms of browsing.

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The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

Noun
the act of feeding by continual nibbling

Noun
reading superficially or at random

Verb
eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

Verb
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"

Verb
feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"

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Verb
shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don''t need help, I''m just browsing"

n.
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

n.
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.

n.
To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

v. i.
To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

v. i.
To pasture; to feed; to nibble.

Browse

Browse , 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.

Browse

Browse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browsed ; 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.

2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.

Browse

Browse , 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.

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.

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Usage Examples

I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.

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Other Usage Examples

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

You affect the world by what you browse.