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browse  (brouz)

v. browsed, brows·ing, brows·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To inspect something leisurely and casually: browsed through the map collection for items of interest.

b. To read something superficially by selecting passages at random: browsed through the report during lunch.

2. To feed on leaves, young shoots, and other vegetation; graze.

v.tr.

1. To look through or over (something) casually: browsed the newspaper; browsing the gift shops for souvenirs.

2.

a. To nibble; crop.

b. To graze on.

n.

1. Young twigs, leaves, and shoots that are fit for animals to eat.

2. An act of browsing.

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[Probably from obsolete French broust, young shoot, from Old French brost, of Germanic origin.]

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browsa·ble (-z-bl) adj.

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browse

Verb

[browsing, browsed]

1. to look through (a book or articles for sale) in a casual leisurely manner

2. Computers to read hypertext, esp. on the World Wide Web

3. (of deer, goats, etc.) to feed upon vegetation by continual nibbling

Noun

an instance of browsing [French broust bud]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
	2.	browse - reading superficially or at random   browsing reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
	3.	browse - the act of feeding by continual nibbling browsing eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb	1.	browse - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" shop commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) surf, browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" comparison-shop - compare prices for a given item antique - shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" window-shop - examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
	2.	browse - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" graze, pasture, crop, range eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	3.	browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" surf look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" browse, shop - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
	4.	browse - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" graze nosh, snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals"

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browse

verb 1. skim, scan, glance at, survey, look through, look round, dip into, leaf through, peruse, flip through, examine cursorily

verb 2. graze, eat, feed, crop, pasture, nibble

Translations

browse [brauz] vi [animal] → pacer;

(among books) → hojear libros;

to browse through a book → hojear un libro

browse [brauz] vi (in shop) → regarder (sans acheter);

(among books) → bouquiner, feuilleter les livres; [animal] → paître;

to browse through a book → feuilleter un livre

browse [brauz] vi (in shop) → sich umsehen;

(animal) → weiden: (deer) → äsen

vti (Comput) → browsen

n to have a browse (around) → sich umsehen;

to browse through a book → in einem Buch schmökern

browse [brauz] vi [animal] → brucare;

(in bookshop etc) → curiosare;

(COMPUT) → navigare (in Internet)

vt to browse the Web → navigare in Internet n to have a browse (around) → dare un'occhiata (in giro);

to browse through a book → sfogliare un libro

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browse

v browse [brauz]

1 (of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants). afvreet, afknabbel, wei يَرْعى، يأكُلُ العُشْب паса pást se æde; leve af; græsse stöbern ρίχνω ματιές, ξεφυλλίζω pacer karjamaal sööma غذا دادن olla laitumella feuilleter לִרְעוֹת पशुओं को कोंपल, घास-पात चरी का चारा खिलाना brstiti olvasgat melihat-lihat brucare 拾い読む 여기저기를 훑어보다 vartinėti, žiūrinėti pavirši lasīt, šķirstīt (grāmatu) ragut grasduinen kikke, titte; smålese, bla i wertować dar uma vista de olhos a răsfoi объедать молодые побеги, листья pásť sa, spásať listati hraniti se bläddra (titta) igenom, botanisera bland เล็ม otlamak （牲畜）吃（嫩草） об'їдати, скубти جانوروں کو چارہ ڈالنا ، ساگ پات cho súc vật gặm cành non （牲畜）吃（嫩草）

2 (of people) to glance through a book etc casually I don't want to buy a book – I'm just browsing. rondblaai, kuierkoop, rondsnuffel يَتَصَفَّحُ الكِتاب прелиствам prohlížet, listovat kigge; smålæse; blade weiden τρέφομαι, βόσκω (για ζώα) hojear (niisama) vaatama نگاه اجمالی انداختن selailla brouter לְעַלעֵל पन्ना पलटना prelistati legel merumput sfogliare, scorrere 食べる 먹다 skabyti, ganytis (par lopiem) grauzt lapas (dzinumus) melihat-lihat weiden gresse, beite skubać pastar a paşte пролистать listovať smukati listje razgledati beta อ่านผ่าน ๆ göz atmak, şöyle bir bakmak 瀏覽書等 проглядати سر سری نظر ڈالنا đọc lướt qua 浏览书等

3 to search computer material, especially on a worldwide network. soektogte na . . . doen, deursnuffel, deurblaai يَبْحَثُ عن مادّةٍ في الكومبيوترر търся prohledávat, hledat søge; surfe på nettet im Internet surfen αναζητώ στο διαδίκτυο navegar surfama, sirvima جستجوی کامپیوتری کردن explorer לְעָייֵן, לְסָייֵר कंप्यूटर विशेषकर इंटरनेट पर कुछ खोजना pretraživati internet böngészik (interneten) menjelajahi navigare （とくにインターネットで）情報を閲覧する ?컴퓨터? 데이터를 찾기 위해 세계 각지의 통신망에 접속하다 naršyti pārlūkot menengok-nengok browsen, surfen søke/surfe på internett wyszukiwać просматривать vyhľadávať materiál v počítačovej sieti pregledovati, brkljati pretraživati söka, läsa, bläddra ค้นหาในเครือข่ายอินเทอร์เน็ต göz atmak 瀏覽 шукати в інтернеті انٹر نیٹ پر کمپیوٹر میں کوئی چیز تلاش کرنا tìm tài liệu (trên máy tính) 浏览

n

1 shoots, twigs or leaves as food for cattle. أكْلُ الحَيَوانات pastva das Schmökern, das Weiden κοίταγμα broutement; flânerie böngészés 拾い読み 여기저기를 읽기, 어린 잎[]을 먹기 šakelės ir lapai šķirstīšana; graušana het grasduinen, het weiden titting, smålesing wertowanie, skubanie pastar păscut; răsfoire просмотр pastva smukanje; pohajkovanje bläddrande, betande filiz, taze sürgün 放牧 放牧

2 an act of browsing. weiding تَصَفُّح търсене prohlížení kiggen; bladen das Schmökern, das Weiden κοίταγμα acción de echar una ojeada; acción de navegar (por la red) surfamine, sirvimine; (niisama) vaatamine چراندن selaileminen, selailu broutement עִלְעוּל कंप्यूटर विशेषकर इंटरनेट पर कुछ खोजने की क्रिया pretraživanje böngészőprogram melihat-lihat brucatura 拾い読み 여기저기를 읽기, 어린 잎[]을 먹기 vartinëjimas, skabymas šķirstīšana; graušana meragut het afgrazen; het grasduinen; het browsen, het surfen pastar păscut; răsfoire просмотр letmé listovanie pretraživanje bläddrande, betande อ่านผ่าน ๆ otlama 瀏覽 об'їдання молодих пагонів تلاش کرنے کا عمل sự gặm 浏览