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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024browse /braʊz/USA pronunciation v., browsed, brows•ing, n. v. [no object] - to eat or feed on bushes, leaves, etc.;
graze:The deer were browsing in the meadows. - to glance at or read parts of a book, magazine, etc., casually:browsed through the Sunday newspaper.
- to look in an unhurried way at goods displayed for sale, as in a store:We browsed through the first floor of the department store, waiting for a gift idea to come to us.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of browsing:a quick browse through the hardware section.
brows•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024browse (brouz),USA pronunciation v., browsed, brows•ing, n. v.t. - to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- to graze;
pasture on. - to look through or glance at casually:He's browsing the shelves for something to read.
v.i. - to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
- to graze.
- to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
- to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
n. - tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
- an act or instance of browsing.
- Old Low Franconian *brust bud, noun, nominal derivative of *brustjan; compare Old Saxon brustian to come into bud
- late Middle English browsen, perh. a verb, verbal derivative of Anglo-French broz, plural of brot shoot, new growth, Old French brost 1400–50
brows′er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scan, skim, examine, peruse, check.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: browse /braʊz/ vb - to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner
- to search for and read hypertext, esp on the Internet
- (of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling
n - the act or an instance of browsing
- the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed
Etymology: 15th Century: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud |