browse

1 reading superficially or at random [syn: browsing]

2 the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: browsing]

1 shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop]

2 feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, graze, range, pasture]

3 look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: surf]

4 eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: graze]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊz

Etymology

From brouster, from broster.

Verb

1. To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
2. To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
3. To successively load hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
4. In the context of "of an animal": To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.

Translations

to scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand

• Dutch: doorbladeren
• French: feuilleter
• German: durchsuchen
• Indonesian: melihat-lihat

to move about while sampling

to move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees

Noun

browse (uncountable)

1. The shrub and tree parts eaten by browsing animals.

In the Panhandle Area, bison eat browse that includes mesquite and elm. -- Texas Parks and Wildlife Service, 2007

Browser can refer to:

• An herbivore whose nutrition generally comes from high growing plants such as leaves, soft shoots or fruits (in contrast to a grazer.)
• A user interface on a computer that allows navigation of objects
  • Web browser, used to access the World Wide Web
  • Wiki browser, for reading articles from Wikipedia
  • File browser, for managing files and related objects
  • Help browser, for reading online help
  • Code browser, for navigating source code
• A person who explores casually, as in a store, a library, etc.

References

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