v., browsed, brows·ing, brows·es. v.intr.
- To inspect something leisurely and casually: browsed through the map collection for items of interest.
- 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.
- To look through or over (something) casually: browsed the newspaper; browsing the gift shops for souvenirs.
- To read (websites) casually on the Internet.
- To nibble; crop.
- To graze on.
- Young twigs, leaves, and shoots that are fit for animals to eat.
- An act of browsing.
[Probably from obsolete French broust, young shoot, from Old French brost, of Germanic origin.]
browsable brows'a·ble (-zə-bəl) adj.
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