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browse
I. noun
or browze \ˈbrau̇z, esp dial -au̇s\
(-s)
Etymology: probably modification of Middle French brouts, plural of brout sprout, shoot, from Old French brost, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon brustian to bud, sprout, Old English brēost breast — more at breast
1.
a. : the tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs often used as food for cattle and other animals
< a good bed of spruce browse >
< deer have outmultiplied the available browse >
b. : any plant valued for the production of browse
< sagebrush is an important browse >
2. [browse, v.] : an act or instance of browsing
< cattle out for an evening browse >
< at first browse the book is not impressive >
II. verb
or browze \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: perhaps from (assumed) Middle French brouser (whence obsolete French brouser), probably from brouts, plural of brout sprout, shoot
transitive verb
1.
a. : to consume as browse
< a donkey browsing thistles >
b. : to feed on the browse of
< deer browsed the hillside >
c. : graze — not used technically
2. : to feed (as cattle) on browse
< farmers forced to browse their stock when hay ran low >
3.
a. : to look over casually (as a book) : skim
< he lazily browsed the headlines >
b. : to make (one's way) by browsing
< I browsed my way through the agony column >
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to feed on or as if on browse
< fishes that browse on algae >
b. : graze — not used technically
2.
a. : to skim through a book reading at random passages that catch the eye
b. : to look over books (as in a store or library) especially in order to decide what one wants to buy, borrow, or read
c. : to casually inspect goods offered for sale usually without prior or serious intention of buying
d. : to make an examination without real knowledge or purpose
III. transitive verb
: to access (a network) by means of a browser
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