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Browse v. t. (past & past part. browsed; pres. part. browsing)

To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. "Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst."

To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. "Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine."

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.

(Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser 2.

Browse v. i.

To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze.

To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.

To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.

noun

Browse n. The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. "Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed."

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Etymology of 'Browse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Browse" Quotes from Famous Books

... but endows These acres with the stumps and stocks Which should be trees, with rude, gray rocks; Over these humps and hollows browse, Daily, ...

— Cap and Gown - A Treasury of College Verse • Selected by Frederic Knowles

... deer browse above her breast; The wild birds raise their brood; And they, her smiles of love ...

— The Three Brontes • May Sinclair

... and bridles from their horses and the pack from the sturdy, faithful Zigzag, and brought them into their new home, after which the animals, including Bug, the property of Mul-tal-la, had been turned loose to browse with the others at the rear of the village. Blankets were spread on the ground at one side of the tepee, to serve as seats and couches, and the other conveniences, which made up most of the burden carried thousands of miles by Zigzag, were distributed with some taste about the interior. ...

— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis

... "how I am ashamed! To sing his part goes now each priest, And I stand here, a tethered beast, Who nothing do but browse and feed And waste the food that others need. Shall I say nothing, and stand still? No! by God's mother, but I will! She shall not think me here for naught; At least I'll do what I've been taught! At least I'll ...

— Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams

... purple colours, such as pre-Raphaelites only dare attempt, shining out hard and weird-like amongst the clumps of castor-oil plants, cistus, arbor-vitae, and many other evergreens, whose names, alas! I know not; the cistus is brown now, the rest all deep and brilliant green. Large herds of cattle browse on the baked deposit at the foot of these large crags. One or two half-savage herdsmen in sheepskin kilts, etc., ask for cigars; partridges whirr up on either side of us; pigeons coo and nightingales sing amongst the blooming oleander. We get six sheep, and ...

— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

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