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/brˈaʊzɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Browse v. t. (past & past part. browsed; pres. part. browsing)

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."

2.

To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. "Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine."

3.

To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific.

4.

(Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser 2.

Browse 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; to graze.

3.

To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.

4.

To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.

noun

Browsing n. Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. "Browsings for the deer."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Browsing" Quotes from Famous Books

... in picturesque profusion, the smoke curling gracefully up in their dreamy spirals. One lodge stood apart, and from its size and decorations, we at once guessed it to be the abode of the chief. Harding confirmed our conjectures. Several droves of horses were quietly browsing on the open prairie. The sun was setting. The mountains were tinged with an amber colored light; and the quartz crystals sparkled on the peaks of the southern Sierras. It was a ...

— Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches - An Autobiography • Edwin Eastman

... eastern side of all which chain is claimed by the masters of Fezzan, the western by the Touaricks of Ghat; and secondly the forests of tholh trees, which are now appearing in our north, affording abundant wood to the people of the caravan, and browsing for the camels. I am now, then, once more under the power of the Porte, and within the region of Turkish civilization. Passed other desert mosques, with some Arabic characters written in the sand, near ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... hedge. It was so lavishly decorated that the damage they did to it was not noticeable. By and by we went on ahead of the cows, then, if one stayed too long or strayed into some inviting side-lane, he would turn and utter a long, soft call, whereupon the straggler would leave her browsing ...

— Afoot in England • W.H. Hudson

... and as thick as a man's wrist. Mr. Bartram approached, and endeavoured to irritate them, but they appeared perfectly harmless. Numerous herds of cattle and deer, and many troops of horses were seen peacefully browsing on the grass of the savannah, or strolling through the groves on the surrounding heights. Large flocks of wild turkeys were ...

— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley

... and gold, and the meanest pebble in the lane wore a self- conscious gleam of shining silver. So-called domestic creatures also seemed aware that a stupendous hiding-place was somewhere near—the browsing cow, contented and at ease, the horse that nuzzled their hands across the gate, the very pigs, grubbing eternally for food, yet eternally unsatisfied; all these, this endless morning, wore an unaccustomed look as though they knew, and so were glad to be alive. Some knew more than others, ...

— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood

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