browse

¹browse

verb \ˈbrau̇z\

browsedbrows·ing

Definition of BROWSE

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

— brows·able \ˈbrau̇-zə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of BROWSE

1. Several customers were browsing in the bookstore.
2. He was browsing the want ads in the newspaper.
3. cows browsing in the pasture

Origin of BROWSE

Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo-French brouts

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BROWSE

Synonyms: ¹graze, forage, pasture, rustle

Antonyms: gaze, stare

Related Words: eat, feed, nibble; range, stock; overgraze

Near Antonyms: examine, overlook, oversee, question, survey; study, view; peer, pry; gawk, goggle, rubberneck; leer, ogle

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Rhymes with BROWSE

blouse, bowse, douse, dowse, drowse, house, mouse, rouse, spouse, touse