Browse /(brouz)/
Browse
n.
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The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed.
Browse
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Browsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing
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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.
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To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
- 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.
- To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser{2}. (Computers)
Browse
v. i.
- To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
- To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze.
- To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.
- To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.