Definitions of browse [ʊz]

Translate browse to

Definition of 'browse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) browse
to eat, nibble at, or feed on (foliage, berries, etc.).

2.  browse
to graze; pasture on.

3.  browse
to look through or glance at casually.

4. (v.i.) browse
to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.

5.  browse
to graze.

6.  browse
to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.

7.  browse
to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.

8. (n.) browse
tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.

9.  browse
an act or instance of browsing.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME)

Definition of 'browse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) browse
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. (noun) browse, browsing
reading superficially or at random

3. (verb) browse, browsing
the act of feeding by continual nibbling

4. (verb) shop, browse
shop around; not necessarily buying
"I don't need help, I'm just browsing"

5. (verb) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"

6. (verb) browse, surf
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
"browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"

7. (verb) browse, graze
eat lightly, try different dishes
"There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

Definition of 'browse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) browse
to search on the Internet
to browse the Internet for the latest deals

2. browse
to read in a relaxed way
He browsed through the catalogs.

3. browse
to look at goods in a store
customers browsing in the electronics aisle

Definition of 'browse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) browse
the tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food

2. (noun) browse
to eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals

3. (noun) browse
to feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze

4. (verb) browse
to feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer

5. (verb) browse
to pasture; to feed; to nibble

Translation of 'browse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants).
Afrikaans: afvreet, afknabbel, wei	Arabic: يَرْعى، يأكُلُ العُشْب	Bulgarian: паса
Brazilian: pastar	Czech: pást se	German: stöbern
Danish: æde; leve af; græsse	Greek: ρίχνω ματιές, ξεφυλλίζω	Spanish: pacer
Estonian: karjamaal sööma	Farsi: غذا دادن	Finnish: laiduntaa
French: feuilleter	Hebrew: לִרְעוֹת	Hindi: पशुओं को कोंपल, घास-पात च
Croatian: brstiti	Hungarian: olvasgat	Indonesian: melihat-lihat
Italian: brucare	Japanese: 拾い読む	Korean: 먹다
Lithuanian: vartinėti, žiūrinėti	Latvian: pavirši lasīt, šķirstīt (	Malay: ragut
Dutch: grasduinen	Norwegian: kikke, titte; smålese, bl	Polish: wertować
Persian: غذا دادن	Pashto: خواړه ورکول	Portuguese: dar uma vista de olhos
Romanian: a răsfoi	Russian: объедать молодые побеги,	Slovak: pásť sa, spásať
Slovenian: listati	Serbian: hraniti se	Swedish: bläddra (titta) igenom, b
Thai: เล็ม	Turkish: otlamak	Taiwanese: （牲畜）吃草或嫰葉
Ukrainian: об'їдати, скубти	Urdu: جانوروں کو چارہ ڈالنا ، س	Vietnamese: cho súc vật gặm cành non
Chinese: （牲畜）吃草或嫰叶
Get even more *translations for browse...*