Browse
11browse — [v] look around; look through check over, dip into*, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream*, give the once over*, glance at, graze, hit the high spots*, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly*, pass an eye over* …
12browse — ► VERB 1) survey goods or text in a leisurely way. 2) Computing read or survey (data files) via a network. 3) (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs, etc. ► NOUN ▪ an act of browsing. DERIVATIVES browsable adjective …
13browse — [brouz] n. [OFr brouz, pl. of broust, a bud or shoot < OS brustian, to sprout: for IE base see BREAST] 1. leaves, twigs, and young shoots of trees or shrubs, which animals feed on 2. the act of browsing vt. browsed, browsing [ME brousen <… …
14browse — [[t]bra͟ʊz[/t]] browses, browsing, browsed 1) VERB If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like. I stopped in several bookstores to browse... She browsed in an up market… …
15browse */ — UK [braʊz] / US verb Word forms browse : present tense I/you/we/they browse he/she/it browses present participle browsing past tense browsed past participle browsed 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] computing to look for information on a computer,… …
16browse — v. (D; intr.) to browse through (to browse through books) * * * [braʊz] (D; intr.) to browse through (to browse through books) …
17browse — I. verb (browsed; browsing) Etymology: Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo French brouts Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to consume as browse b. graze 2. to look over casually …
18browse — [16] Although the noun has now largely died out, browse was originally both a verb and a noun, and appears to come from Old French broust, brost ‘young shoots, twigs’ (hence the verb meant originally ‘feed on such shoots’). The source of the… …
19browse — [16] Although the noun has now largely died out, browse was originally both a verb and a noun, and appears to come from Old French broust, brost ‘young shoots, twigs’ (hence the verb meant originally ‘feed on such shoots’). The source of the… …
20browse — 1. verb a) To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand. b) To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display. 2. noun The shrub and tree …
