browse

browse

B0511600 (brouz)v. browsed, brows·ing, brows·es v.intr.1. a. To inspect something leisurely and casually: browsed through the map collection for items of interest.b. To read something superficially by selecting passages at random: browsed through the report during lunch.2. To look for information on the internet.3. To feed on leaves, young shoots, and other vegetation; graze.v.tr.1. To look through or over (something) casually: browsed the newspaper; browsing the gift shops for souvenirs.2. To read (websites) casually on the internet.3. a. To nibble; crop.b. To graze on.n.1. Young twigs, leaves, and shoots that are fit for animals to eat.2. An act of browsing.

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[Probably from obsolete French broust, young shoot, from Old French brost, of Germanic origin.]

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brows′a·ble (-zə-bəl) adj.

browse

(braʊz) vb1. to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner2. (Communications & Information) computing to search for and read hypertext, esp on the internet3. (Zoology) (of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibblingn4. the act or an instance of browsing5. (Zoology) the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed[C15: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud]

browse

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v. browsed, brows•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to eat, nibble at, or feed on (foliage, berries, etc.). 2. to graze; pasture on. 3. to look through or glance at casually. v.i. 4. to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc. 5. to graze. 6. to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc. 7. to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store. n. 8. tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc. 9. an act or instance of browsing. [1400–50; late Middle English]

browse

Past participle: browsed
Gerund: browsing

Imperative
browse
browse

Present
I browse
you browse
he/she/it browses
we browse
you browse
they browse

Preterite
I browsed
you browsed
he/she/it browsed
we browsed
you browsed
they browsed

Present Continuous
I am browsing
you are browsing
he/she/it is browsing
we are browsing
you are browsing
they are browsing

Present Perfect
I have browsed
you have browsed
he/she/it has browsed
we have browsed
you have browsed
they have browsed

Past Continuous
I was browsing
you were browsing
he/she/it was browsing
we were browsing
you were browsing
they were browsing

Past Perfect
I had browsed
you had browsed
he/she/it had browsed
we had browsed
you had browsed
they had browsed

Future
I will browse
you will browse
he/she/it will browse
we will browse
you will browse
they will browse

Future Perfect
I will have browsed
you will have browsed
he/she/it will have browsed
we will have browsed
you will have browsed
they will have browsed

Future Continuous
I will be browsing
you will be browsing
he/she/it will be browsing
we will be browsing
you will be browsing
they will be browsing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been browsing
you have been browsing
he/she/it has been browsing
we have been browsing
you have been browsing
they have been browsing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been browsing
you will have been browsing
he/she/it will have been browsing
we will have been browsing
you will have been browsing
they will have been browsing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been browsing
you had been browsing
he/she/it had been browsing
we had been browsing
you had been browsing
they had been browsing

Conditional
I would browse
you would browse
he/she/it would browse
we would browse
you would browse
they would browse

Past Conditional
I would have browsed
you would have browsed
he/she/it would have browsed
we would have browsed
you would have browsed
they would have browsed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day"botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
	2.	browse - reading superficially or at random browsingreading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
	3.	browse - the act of feeding by continual nibblingbrowsingeating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb	1.	browse - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"shopcommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)surf, browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"comparison-shop - compare prices for a given itemantique - shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"window-shop - examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
	2.	browse - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"graze, pasture, crop, rangeeat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	3.	browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"surflook for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"browse, shop - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
	4.	browse - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"grazenosh, snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals"

browse

verb1. skim, scan, glance at, survey, look through, look round, dip into, leaf through, peruse, flip through, examine cursorily There are plenty of biographies for him to browse over.2. graze, eat, feed, crop, pasture, nibble three red deer stags browsing 50 yards from my lodge

browse

verbTo look through reading matter casually:dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).

Translations

浏览浏览书等吃草或嫰叶放牧

browse

(brauz) verb1. (of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants). （牲畜）吃草或嫰葉 （牲畜）吃草或嫰叶 2. (of people) to glance through a book etc casually. I don't want to buy a book – I'm just browsing. 瀏覽書等 浏览书等3. to search computer material, especially on a worldwide network. 瀏覽 浏览 noun1. shoots, twigs or leaves as food for cattle. 放牧 放牧2. an act of browsing. 瀏覽 浏览

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