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Browse v. t. (past & past part. browsed; pres. part. browsing)

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."

To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. "Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine."

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.

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

Browse v. i.

To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze.

To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.

To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.

noun

Browse n. 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."

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"Browse" Quotes from Famous Books

... Sam cow binna browse down deh Sam's cow was browsing down there tuh Bull Head Crick. Eh ram eh to (at) Bull Head Creek. It (engine) rammed its nose innum, an' eh bussum wahde nose into it (the cow), and it busted him wide loose. Eh t'row eh intrus on de loose (open). It ...

— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street

... promised to aid me in obtaining the interview I longed for. My Arab had not yet been given to the grass! Near where Lilian was seated, the herbage was luxuriant— more so than anywhere around. Upon it I could picket my steed, or hold him in hand, while he should browse? I lost not a minute in removing the saddle, and adjusting the halter; and scarcely another in approaching the spot where the young girl was seated. I drew near, however, with due circumspection—fearful that by a ...

— The Wild Huntress - Love in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid

... but nothing ever came of it except a saloon brawl. He would usually seek Harris; they would break a mirror or a few glasses in some saloon, and the next day Terry would have a headache, after which he was usually content to browse around his philosophy in that mild and subtle way of his, for ...

— An Anarchist Woman • Hutchins Hapgood

... Emperor, and struck a light, introduced his weary kinswoman with her companion Telie; while Nathan and Pardon Dodge led the horses into the ravine, where they could be easily confined, and allowed to browse and drink at will, being at the same time beyond the reach of observation from any foe that might yet ...

— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird

... While the cattle browse, Earnestly together talking, Plighting lovers’ vows. Where the daisies are a-springing, Wedding bells will soon be ringing, Then we’ll watch our servant ...

— The Old Bush Songs • A. B. Paterson

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