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   /brouz/

   

   verb

   • 1. survey goods for sale in a leisurely and casual way: "he stopped to browse around a sporting goods store" Similar look aroundhave a lookwindow-shopperuse
   • ▪ scan through a text, website, or collection of data to gain an impression of the contents: "she browsed through the newspaper" Similar scanskimglancelookrun one's eye overhave a look atperusegive something a/the once-overthumbleafflipflickrundip intorifflespeed-read
   • 2. (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs, or other high-growing vegetation: "they reach upward to browse on bushes" Similar grazefeedeatnibblecroppastureruminate

   noun

   • 1. an act of casual looking or reading: "the brochure is well worth a browse"
   • 2. vegetation, such as twigs and young shoots, eaten by animals: "a moose needs to eat forty to fifty pounds of browse a day"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in browse (sense 2 of the verb)): from Old French broster, from brost ‘young shoot’, probably of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. browsable adjective

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