browsing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: browsing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for browsing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
browsing n reading superficially or at random [syn: browse, browsing] the act of feeding by continual nibbling Synonym(s): browse, browsing
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]:
Browsing \Brows"ing\, n. Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. Browsings for the deer. --Howell.