browse

¹browse

verb \ˈbrau̇z\

browsed brows·ing

Definition of BROWSE

transitive verb

1

a : to consume as browse

b : graze

2

: to look over casually : skim

3

: to access (a network) by means of a browser

intransitive verb

1

a : to feed on or as if on browse

b : graze

2

a : to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eye

b : to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest

— brows·able \ˈbrau̇-zə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of BROWSE

1. Several customers were browsing in the bookstore.
2. He was browsing the want ads in the newspaper.
3. cows browsing in the pasture

Origin of BROWSE

Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo-French brouts

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BROWSE

Synonyms

¹graze, forage, pasture, rustle

Antonyms

gaze, stare

Related Words

eat, feed, nibble; range, stock; overgraze

Near Antonyms

examine, overlook, oversee, question, survey; study, view; peer, pry; gawk, goggle, rubberneck; leer, ogle

Rhymes with BROWSE

blouse, bowse, douse, dowse, drowse, house, mouse, rouse, spouse, touse

²browse

noun

Definition of BROWSE

1

: tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food

2

: an act or instance of browsing

Origin of BROWSE

probably modification of Anglo-French brouts, plural of brout sprout, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon brustian to sprout, and perhaps to Old English brēost breast — more at breast

First Known Use: 1523