3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. [1913 Webster] Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. [1913 Webster] Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [PJC] 3. (Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a {browser[2]}. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Browsing \Brows"ing\, n. Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. [1913 Webster] Browsings for the deer. --Howell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: browsing n 1: reading superficially or at random [syn: {browse}] 2: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: {browse}]
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