Definition of browse
browsed
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transitive verb
1a of an animal : to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see 2browse 1) browsing thistlesb : graze
2 : to look over casually : skim browsing the want ads
3 computers : to access (a network) by means of a browser
intransitive verb
1a of an animal : to feed on or as if on tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs : to feed on or as if on browseb : graze cows browsing in the pasture
2a : to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eyeb : to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest browsing through the store's magazine section
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Examples of browse in a Sentence
Several customers were browsing in the bookstore.
He was browsing the want ads in the newspaper.
cows browsing in the pasture
Origin and Etymology of browse
Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo-French brouts 2browse
First Known Use: 15th century
browse
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 a quick browse through the want ads
Origin and Etymology 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
BROWSE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of browse for English Language Learners
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: to look at many things in a store, in a newspaper, etc., to see if there is something interesting or worth buying
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: to use a special program (called a browser) to find and look at information on the Internet
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of an animal : to eat grass, plants, etc.
BROWSE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of browse for Students
browsed
;browsing
1 : to read or look in a casual way We went in the shop to browse.
2 : to nibble young shoots and foliage browsing deer
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