browse

Inflections of 'browse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

browse v., browsed, brows•ing, n.
v. [no object]

to eat or feed on bushes, leaves, etc.;
graze:The deer were browsing in the meadows.
to glance at or read parts of a book, magazine, etc., casually:browsed through the Sunday newspaper.
to look in an unhurried way at goods displayed for sale, as in a store:We browsed through the first floor of the department store, waiting for a gift idea to come to us.

brows•er, n. [countable]

browse v., browsed, brows•ing, n.
v.t.

to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
to graze;
pasture on.
to look through or glance at casually:He's browsing the shelves for something to read.

v.i.

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

brows′er, n.

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browse /braʊz/ vb

to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner
to search for and read hypertext, esp on the internet
(of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling

Etymology: 15th Century: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud

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