'Browse' definitions:
Definition of 'browse'
(from WordNet)
noun
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"
noun
Reading superficially or at random [syn: browse, browsing]
noun
The act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: browse, browsing]
verb
Shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop, browse]
verb
verb
Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: browse, surf]
verb
Eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
Definition of 'Browse'
From: GCIDE
- Browse \Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Browse'
From: GCIDE
- Browse \Browse\ (brouz), v. i.
- 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest. [PJC]
- 4. To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest. [PJC]
Definition of 'Browse'
From: GCIDE
- Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browsed (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., and cf. Brut.]
- 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. [1913 Webster]
- Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. [1913 Webster]
- Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific. [PJC]
- 3. (Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser[2]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'browse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- batten upon,
- crop,
- dip into,
- fatten on,
- fatten upon,
- feast on,
- feast upon,
- feed on,
- flip through,
- glance at,
- glance over,
- glance through,
- go marketing,
- go over,
- go shopping,
- graze,
- live on,
- look over,
- look through,
- market,
- pasture on,
- peruse,
- prey on,
- run over,
- run through,
- scan,
- shop,
- skim,
- thumb over,
- thumb through,
- window-shop