Browse /(brouz)/

Browse

n.
  1. 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

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

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.