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(brouz)v. browsed, brows·ing, brows·es
v.intr.
1.
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.
2. To look for information on the internet.
3. To feed on leaves, young shoots, and other vegetation; graze.
v.tr.
1. To look through or over (something) casually: browsed the newspaper; browsing the gift shops for souvenirs.
2. To read (websites) casually on the internet.
3.
a. To nibble; crop.
b. To graze on.
n.
1. Young twigs, leaves, and shoots that are fit for animals to eat.
2. An act of browsing.
[Probably from obsolete French broust, young shoot, from Old French brost, of Germanic origin.]
brows′a·ble (-zə-bəl) adj.
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(braʊz)vb
1. to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner
2. (Communications & Information) computing to search for and read hypertext, esp on the internet
3. (Zoology) (of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling
n
4. the act or an instance of browsing
5. (Zoology) the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed
[C15: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud]
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(braʊz)v. browsed, brows•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to eat, nibble at, or feed on (foliage, berries, etc.).
2. to graze; pasture on.
3. to look through or glance at casually.
v.i. 4. to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
5. to graze.
6. to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
7. to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
n. 8. tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
9. an act or instance of browsing.
[1400–50; late Middle English]
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Past participle: browsed
Gerund: browsing
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| Noun | 1. | browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| 2. |  browse - reading superficially or at random reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" | |
| 3. | browse - the act of feeding by continual nibbling | |
| Verb | 1. | browse - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) surf, browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" comparison-shop - compare prices for a given item antique - shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" window-shop - examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only |
| 2. | browse - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | |
| 3. | browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" | |
| 4. | browse - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" |
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verb
1. skim, scan, glance at, survey, look through, look round, dip into, leaf through, peruse, flip through, examine cursorily There are plenty of biographies for him to browse over.
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verbTo look through reading matter casually:
dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).
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[braʊz]A. VI
1. (in shop) → echar una ojeada, curiosear
to spend an hour browsing in a bookshop → pasar una hora hojeando los libros en una librería
to spend an hour browsing in a bookshop → pasar una hora hojeando los libros en una librería
2. [animal] → pacer
3. (Internet) → curiosear
B. VT
1. (also browse through) [+ book] → hojear; [+ clothes] → mirar, echar un vistazo a
C. N to have a browse (around) → echar una ojeada or un vistazo
browse on VI + PREP [animal] → pacer
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(brauz) verb1. (of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants). pacer
2. (of people) to glance through a book etc casually. I don't want to buy a book – I'm just browsing.hojear
3. to search computer material, especially on a worldwide network. navegar
noun1. shoots, twigs or leaves as food for cattle.
2. an act of browsing. acción de echar una ojeada; acción de navegar (por la red)
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