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English Dictionary: browse	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for browse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
browse n 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" reading superficially or at random Synonym(s): browse, browsing the act of feeding by continual nibbling Synonym(s): browse, browsing v shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" Synonym(s): shop, browse feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" Synonym(s): crop, browse, graze, range, pasture look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" Synonym(s): browse, surf eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" Synonym(s): browse, graze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browse \Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle}, n., {Brush}, n.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.] 1. 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. --Shak. 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browse \Browse\ (brouz), v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. 2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.