What does browse mean?
Definitions for browse
braʊzbrowse
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Princeton's WordNet
browsenoun
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"
browse, browsingnoun
reading superficially or at random
browse, browsingverb
the act of feeding by continual nibbling
shop, browseverb
shop around; not necessarily buying
"I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
crop, browse, graze, range, pastureverb
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"
browse, surfverb
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
"browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
browse, grazeverb
eat lightly, try different dishes
"There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
Wiktionary
browsenoun
The shrub and tree parts eaten by browsing animals.
browseverb
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
browseverb
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
browseverb
To successively load hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
browseverb
To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
Etymology: From brouster, from broster.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Browsenoun
Branches, or shrubs, fit for the food of goats, or other animals.
Etymology: from the verb.
The greedy lioness the wolf pursues,
The wolf the kid, the wanton kid the browse. Dryden.On that cloud-piercing hill,
Plinlimmon, from afar the traveller kens,
Astonish’d, how the goats their shrubby browse
Gnaw pendent. Philips.To BROWSEverb
To eat branches, or shrubs.
Etymology: brouser, Fr.
And being down, is trod in the durt
Of cattle, and broused, and sorely hurt. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.Thy palate then did deign
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge:
Yea, like the stag, when snow the pasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.To Browseverb
To feed: it is used with the particle on.
They have scared away two of my best sheep; if any where I have them, ’tis by the sea-side, browsing on ivy. William Shakespeare.
A goat, hard pressed, took sanctuary in a vineyard; so soon as he thought the danger over, he fell presently a browsing upon the leaves. Roger L'Estrange.
Could eat the tender plant, and, by degrees,
Browse on the shrubs, and crop the budding trees. Richard Blackmore.The Greeks were the descendants of savages, ignorant of agriculture, and browsing on herbage, like cattle. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
browse
Browsing is a kind of orienting strategy. It is supposed to identify something of relevance for the browsing organism. When used about human beings it is a metaphor taken from the animal kingdom. It is used, for example, about people browsing open shelves in libraries, window shopping, or browsing databases or the Internet. In library and information science it is an important subject, both purely theoretically and as applied science aiming at designing interfaces which support browsing activities for the user.
ChatGPT
browse
Browse in general means to look over or through something casually or leisurely, often in search of something specific. This can apply to various contexts like browsing through a book, a collection, a store, a website or files on a computer.
Webster Dictionary
Browsenoun
the tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food
Browsenoun
to eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals
Browsenoun
to feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze
Browseverb
to feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer
Browseverb
to pasture; to feed; to nibble
Wikidata
Browse
Browse is an unincorporated area of Washington County in southwestern Utah near Interstate 15. Browse is in a transitional climate zone as it is located between St. George, Utah at about 2800 feet above sea level in the Mojave Desert and Cedar City, Utah in the Great Basin at nearly 5900 feet. The Hurricane Cliffs, part of the Colorado Plateau, are directly to the east. This area contains species of desert plants and animals in one location that otherwise would be unique to each of the three above mentioned desert regions. There are no services in Browse. The area is used by ranchers to graze cattle. Hikers, campers, mountain bikers, and wilderness enthusiasts visit due to its close proximity to Interstate 15. Currently the United States Bureau of Land Management is attempting to allow natural plants and animals to return after a large wildfire burned much of the area in 2003. Browse is located at 37°14′22″N 113°21′39″W / 37.239333°N 113.360775°W.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Browse
browz, v.t. and v.i. to feed on the shoots or leaves of plants.—ns. Browse, Brows′ing, the shoots and leaves of plants: fodder: the action of the verb browse. [O. Fr. brouster (Fr. brouter)—broust, a sprout.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
browse
A light kind of dunnage.
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Anagrams for browse »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of browse in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of browse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of browse in a Sentence
Write the tales that scare you, that make you feel uncertain that isn't comfortable. I dare you, in a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us better determine how we feel about ourselves and to in turn feel the need to be constantly visible -- for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success -- do not be afraid to disappear. From it, from us, for a while and see what comes to you in the silence.
It's a spot where you can go to have all of the guidelines in one site or many of the guidelines in one site, michael Munger can browse by specialty ; Michael Munger can browse by what the organization was that was contributing ; all of those are really nice features to be able to utilize.
A special browser called Tor allows a user to browse the internet without their IP address being given away, it uses a clever encryption system that means no one can see what computer a user is on.
People choose to browse the web privately for many reasons, some people wish to protect their privacy on shared or borrowed devices, or to exclude certain activities from their browsing histories. Incognito helps with these use cases.
Apple and Google control the major gateways through which people download apps or browse the web on their mobiles -- whether they want to shop, play games, stream music or watch TV, we're looking into whether this could be creating problems for consumers and the businesses that want to reach people through their phones.
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- пасаBulgarian
- prohlížet si, brouzdatCzech
- gennemsøge, gennemse, gennemrode, gennem-, skimmeDanish
- durchsuchen, stöbern, durchstöbern, grasen, browsen, surfen, äsen, blätternGerman
- ramoneo, navegarSpanish
- مرورPersian
- maistella, tutkailla, katsella, selata, selailla, kierrellä, laiduntaaFinnish
- brouter, feuilleter, naviguerFrench
- brabhsaichScottish Gaelic
- petiscarGalician
- böngészik, átböngészHungarian
- արածելArmenian
- lihatIndonesian
- osservare, navigareItalian
- tondeōLatin
- beiteNorwegian
- doorbladerenDutch
- beiteNorwegian Nynorsk
- blaNorwegian
- observar, navegarPortuguese
- просмотре́ть, просма́триватьRussian
- прегледатиSerbo-Croatian
- betaSwedish
- otlamak, gözden geçirmek, göz atmakTurkish
- 浏览Chinese
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