Browse

[braʊz]

Definition

(noun.) the act of feeding by continual nibbling.

(noun.) reading superficially or at random.

(noun.) 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'.

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

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

Checker: Maryann--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

(n.) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

(v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

(v. i.) To pasture; to feed; to nibble.

Editor: Louise

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Tender twigs of shrubs and trees.

v. a. Nibble, crop, feed upon.

v. n. [1]. Feed on browse.[2]. [Colloquial.] Live precariously.

Editor: Tamara

Definition

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.

Edited by Jeremy