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Browse Definition And Meaning
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.

Browse Definition And Meaning

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"

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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