to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
to graze; pasture on.
to look through or glance at casually or randomly: He's browsing the shelves for something to read.
to access and view (website content) with a Web browser, usually without looking for something specific: a secure way to browse the Web.
verb (used without object),browsed,brows·ing.
to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
to graze.
to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
to access and view websites with a Web browser, as in mobile browsing; online browsing: If you love to browse while on the road, you can easily take advantage of free Wi-Fi .
noun
tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
an act or instance of browsing.
Origin of browse
1400–50; late Middle English browsen, perhaps a verbal derivative of Anglo-French broz, plural of brot shoot, new growth, Old French brost<Old Low Franconian *brust bud, noun derivative of *brustjan; compare Old Saxon brustian to come into bud
SYNONYMS FOR browse
3 scan, skim, examine, peruse, check.
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OTHER WORDS FROM browse
browser,nounnon·brows·ing,adjective,nouno·ver·browse,verb (used with object),o·ver·browsed,o·ver·brows·ing.un·brows·ing,adjective
scan, read, peruse, skim, flip through, leaf through, feed, survey, graze, nibble, dip into, run through, check over, glance at, hit the high spots, once over lightly