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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BROWSE, v.t. s as z. [Gr. to eat or browse; food, but probably these words may be from sprouts.]
To eat the ends of branches of trees and shrubs or the young shoots, as cattle, or deer.
BROWSE, v.i. s as z. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle,sheep and goats.
BROWSE, n. brows. The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day"
2: reading superficially or at random [syn: browse, browsing]
3: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: browse, browsing] v
1: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop, browse]
2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture]
3: look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: browse, surf]
4: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]

Merriam Webster's

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 ; skim 3. to access (a network) by means of a browser intransitive verb 1. a. to feed on or as if on browse b. graze 2. a. to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eye b. to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest • browsable adjective II. noun Etymology: probably modification of Anglo-French brouts, plural of brout sprout, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon brustian to sprout, and perhaps to Old English br?ost breast — more at breast Date: 1523 1. tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food 2. an act or instance of browsing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. read desultorily. 2 intr. (often foll. by on) feed (on leaves, twigs, or scanty vegetation). 3 tr. crop and eat. --n. 1 twigs, young shoots, etc., as fodder for cattle. 2 an act of browsing. Derivatives: browser n. Etymology: (n.) f. earlier brouse f. OF brost young shoot, prob. f. Gmc; (v.) f. F broster

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Browse Browse (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak. 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Browse Browse (brouz), v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. 2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(browses, browsing, browsed) 1. 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... I'm just browsing around. VERB: V, V prep/adv • Browse is also a noun. ...a browse around the shops. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. If you browse through a book or magazine, you look through it in a fairly casual way. ...sitting on the sofa browsing through the TV pages of the paper... VERB: V prep 3. If you browse on a computer, you search for information in computer files or on the Internet, especially on the World Wide Web. (COMPUTING) Try browsing around in the network bulletin boards. VERB: V adv/prep 4. When animals browse, they feed on plants. ...the three red deer stags browsing 50 yards from my lodge on the fringes of the forest. VERB: V, also V on n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Tender twigs of shrubs and trees. II. v. a. Nibble, crop, feed upon. III. v. n. 1. Feed on browse. 2. (Colloq.) Live precariously.

Moby Thesaurus

batten upon, crop, dip into, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed on, flip through, glance at, glance over, glance through, go marketing, go over, go shopping, graze, live on, look over, look through, market, pasture on, peruse, prey on, run over, run through, scan, shop, skim, thumb over, thumb through, window-shop