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browsing


From the verb browse: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
browse /braʊz/USA pronunciation   v., browsed, brows•ing, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to eat or feed on bushes, leaves, etc.;
    graze:The deer were browsing in the meadows.
  2. to glance at or read parts of a book, magazine, etc., casually:browsed through the Sunday newspaper.
  3. to look in an unhurried way at goods displayed for sale, as in a store:We browsed through the first floor of the department store, waiting for a gift idea to come to us.

n. [countable]
  1. an act or instance of browsing:a quick browse through the hardware section.
brows•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
browse  (brouz),USA pronunciation v., browsed, brows•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
  2. to graze;
    pasture on.
  3. to look through or glance at casually:He's browsing the shelves for something to read.

v.i. 
  1. to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
  2. to graze.
  3. to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
  4. to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.

n. 
  1. tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
  2. an act or instance of browsing.
  • Old Low Franconian *brust bud, noun, nominal derivative of *brustjan; compare Old Saxon brustian to come into bud
  • late Middle English browsen, perh. a verb, verbal derivative of Anglo-French broz, plural of brot shoot, new growth, Old French brost 1400–50
brows′er, n. 
    3. scan, skim, examine, peruse, check.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
browse /braʊz/ vb
  1. to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc) in a casual leisurely manner
  2. to search for and read hypertext, esp on the internet
  3. (of deer, goats, etc) to feed upon (vegetation) by continual nibbling
 n
  1. the act or an instance of browsing
  2. the young twigs, shoots, leaves, etc, on which certain animals feed
Etymology: 15th Century: from French broust, brost (modern French brout) bud, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon brustian to bud
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