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Definitions for Browse

[1] to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
[2] to graze; pasture on.
[3] to look through or glance at casually or randomly: He's browsing the shelves for something to read.
[4] to access and view (website content) with a Web browser, usually without looking for something specific: a secure way to browse the Web.
[5] to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
[6] to graze.
[7] to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
[8] to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
[9] to access and view websites with a Web browser, as in mobile browsing ; online browsing : If you love to browse while on the road, you can easily take advantage of free Wi-Fi .
[10] tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
[11] an act or instance of browsing.
[12] to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner
[13] computing to search for and read hypertext, esp on the Internet
[14] (of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling
[15] the act or an instance of browsing
[16] the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed

Words related to Browse

scan, read, peruse, skim, feed, survey, graze, nibble

Words nearby Browse

brownstoner, brownsville, brownwood, browridge, browsable, browse, browser, browser skin, broz, brr, brt

Origin of Browse

1400–50; late Middle English browsen, perhaps a verbal derivative of Anglo-French broz, plural of brot shoot, new growth, Old French brost < Old Low Franconian *brust bud, noun derivative of *brustjan; compare Old Saxon brustian to come into bud

Words that may be confused with Browse

brows, browse

Other words from Browse

brows·er , noun
non·brows·ing , adjective, noun
o·ver·browse , verb (used with object), o·ver·browsed, o·ver·brows·ing.
un·brows·ing , adjective

Word origin for Browse

C15: from French broust, brost (modern French brout ) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud

Synonyms for Browse

flip through, leaf through, peruse, read, scan, skim, feed, graze, nibble, survey, check over, dip into, examine cursorily, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, once over lightly, pass an eye over, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, run through, skip through, thumb through wander