browse

The definition of browse means to look at someone or something casually.

(verb)

See browse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: OFr brouz, pl. of broust, a bud or shoot < OS brustian, to sprout: for IE base see breast

transitive verb browsed, browsing

Origin: ME brousen < OFr brouster < the n.

intransitive verb

to nibble at leaves, twigs, etc.
1. to look through a book or books casually, reading passages here and there
2. to look casually over articles for sale
to view or look over casually any collection or gathering, as in searching for items of interest

See browse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb browsed browsed, brows·ing, brows·es

verb, intransitive

a. To inspect something leisurely and casually: browsed through the map collection for items of interest.
b. To read something superficially by selecting passages at random: browsed through the report during lunch.
To look for information on the Internet.
To feed on leaves, young shoots, and other vegetation; graze.

verb, transitive

To look through or over (something) casually: browsed the newspaper; browsing the gift shops for souvenirs.
To read (websites) casually on the Internet.
a. To nibble; crop.
b. To graze on.

noun

Origin:

Origin: Probably from obsolete French broust, young shoot

Origin: , from Old French brost

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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