browseverb
uk/braʊz/us/braʊz/browse verb (LOOK)
B2 [ I ] to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them:
I was browsing through fashion magazines to find a new hairstyle.
"Are you looking for anything in particular, sir?" "No, I'm just browsing."
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- The man at the station kiosk doesn't like people browsing through the magazines.
- When I was browsing in the bestsellers section, I found that book you were telling me about.
- I don't like going into clothes shops where they don't leave you in peace to browse.
- Several knowledgeable-looking people were browsing among the plants on display and noting things down in notebooks.
- Do you need any help or shall I leave you to browse for a while?
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Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- peruse
- read sth over/through
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- scan
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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browse verb (COMPUTING)
B2 [ I or T ] to look at information on the internet:
to browse the Web
More examples
- It's too expensive to spend time browsing the Web if you are paying per minute.
- I found your site while browsing the Web and was very impressed.
- You would find it much quicker and easier to browse and download and so on if you had a broadband connection.
- Trying browsing the net for specialist organizations who can provide additional information.
- She showed me how to scroll down when browsing through a large document.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- MySpace
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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browse verb (FEED)
[ I ] (of animals) to feed on grass, leaves, etc. in a relaxed way:
Deer were browsing (on grass) under the trees.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- gore
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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browsenoun [ S ]
uk/braʊz/us/braʊz/mainly UKan act of browsing or period of time spent browsing:
We went for a browse around an antique shop.
I had a browse through the books on his desk.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- peruse
- read sth over/through
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- scan
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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