Browsing

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 look for information on the Internet.

3. 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. To read (websites) casually on the Internet.

3.

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	browsing - reading superficially or at random   browse reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
	2.	browsing - the act of feeding by continual nibbling browse eating, feeding - the act of consuming food