Feed on browse
1browse — I. n. Tender twigs of shrubs and trees. II. v. a. Nibble, crop, feed upon. III. v. n. 1. Feed on browse. 2. (Colloq.) Live precariously …
2browse — [ brauz ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive COMPUTING to look for information on a computer, especially on the Internet: cell phones that can browse the Web a ) to look at a Web site on the Internet: an excellent graphical interface for… …
3Browse — (brouz), v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. [1913 Webster] 2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To look casually through a book, books, or a set of… …
4Browse — (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle}, n., {Brush}, n.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the …
5Browse — Browse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; said of cattle …
6browse — 1520s, feed on buds, from M.Fr. brouster, from O.Fr. broster to sprout, bud, from brost young shoot, twig, probably from P.Gmc. *brustjan to bud. Lost its final t in English on the mistaken notion that it was a pp. inflection. Figurative… …
7browse — [v] look around; look through check over, dip into*, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream*, give the once over*, glance at, graze, hit the high spots*, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly*, pass an eye over* …
8browse — ► VERB 1) survey goods or text in a leisurely way. 2) Computing read or survey (data files) via a network. 3) (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs, etc. ► NOUN ▪ an act of browsing. DERIVATIVES browsable adjective …
9browse — [brouz] n. [OFr brouz, pl. of broust, a bud or shoot < OS brustian, to sprout: for IE base see BREAST] 1. leaves, twigs, and young shoots of trees or shrubs, which animals feed on 2. the act of browsing vt. browsed, browsing [ME brousen <… …
10browse — [[t]bra͟ʊz[/t]] browses, browsing, browsed 1) VERB If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like. I stopped in several bookstores to browse... She browsed in an up market… …
