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browsebrowse /braʊz/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYbrowseOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from early French brouster, from broust bud, shoot VERB TABLEbrowse |
| Present | I, you, we, they | browse | | he, she, it | browses | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | browsed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have browsed | | he, she, it | has browsed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had browsed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will browse | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have browsed |
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| Present | I | am browsing | | he, she, it | is browsing | | you, we, they | are browsing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was browsing | | you, we, they | were browsing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been browsing | | he, she, it | has been browsing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been browsing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be browsing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been browsing |
THESAURUSwords/books► reada)to look at written words and understand what they mean: I like to read in bed. Always read the directions before you begin.b)to have the ability to look at words and understand them: My parents taught me to read. I can read Spanish, but I can’t speak it very well. ► browse to look at pages of a magazine or book and just read the interesting parts: He browsed through one of the old books. ► skim to read something very quickly to get the main ideas: I only had time to skim the article, so I didn’t get all the details. ► look through to turn the pages of something and look at them without reading everything: He looked through the report to make sure all the pages were there. ► flip/thumb through something to quickly turn the pages of a magazine or book without reading much: She flipped nervously through a magazine as she waited to see the doctor. ► scan to read something quickly to find the specific information you want: She scanned the list for her name. ► study to read something very carefully to find out information: Lisa studied the menu in the restaurant, hoping to find something that was not too fattening. ► pore over something to read something very carefully for a long time: She pored over the journals looking for clues. ► devour something formal to read something quickly and eagerly: As a child, Gayle devoured detective stories. ► plow/wade through something to read something long and boring: It would take hours to wade through the contract. ► peruse formal to read something carefully: She sat at her desk perusing the manual. 1[intransitive] to look through the pages of a book, magazine, etc. and just read the most interesting parts SYN skim: browse through We browsed through a few travel books.► see thesaurus at read12[intransitive] to look at the goods in a store without wanting to buy any particular thing: I enjoy browsing in bookstores.3[intransitive, transitive] computers to search for information on the Internet: It’s easy to spend hours just browsing the web.4[intransitive] if a goat, deer, etc. browses, it eats plants SYN graze—browsing noun [uncountable] |