- 1[intransitive, transitive] to look at a lot of things in a shop/store rather than looking for one particular thing You are welcome to come in and browse. browse something She browsed the shelves for something interesting to read. See related entries: Shopping in stores
- 2[intransitive, transitive] browse (through) something to look through the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. without reading everything I found the article while I was browsing through some old magazines. browse through the catalogue
- 3 [intransitive, transitive] browse (something) (computing) to look for or to look at information on a computer, especially on the Internet or a specific website I spent the whole evening just browsing on the Internet. I browsed the website for information about the event but didn’t find anything useful. Wordfinderwebaccess, blog, browse, chat, google, navigate, search engine, unsubscribe, visit, the Web See related entries: Using the Internet
- 4[intransitive] browse (on something) (of cows, goats, etc.) to eat leaves, etc. that are growing high up Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (4)): from Old French broster, from brost ‘young shoot’, probably of Germanic origin.
browse
verbBrE BrE//braʊz//; NAmE NAmE//braʊz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they browse BrE BrE//braʊz//; NAmE NAmE//braʊz//
he / she / it browses BrE BrE//ˈbraʊzɪz//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbraʊzɪz//
past simple browsed BrE BrE//braʊzd//; NAmE NAmE//braʊzd//
past participle browsed BrE BrE//braʊzd//; NAmE NAmE//braʊzd//
-ing form browsing BrE BrE//ˈbraʊzɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈbraʊzɪŋ//
Shopping in stores, Using the InternetCheck pronunciation: browse
