About The Word Browse
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What's The Definition Of Browse?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Browse: browsing | browsing | crop | graze | graze | pasture | range | shop | surf Related Terms | Find terms related to Browse: 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 See Also | antique | comparison-shop | eat | eating | feed | feeding | look for | look for | nosh | reading | search | search | seek | seek | snack | window-shop Browse In Webster's Dictionary \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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