BROWSE


Meaning of BROWSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ braʊz ]

( browses, browsing, browsed)

1.

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...

I’m just browsing around.

VERB : V , V prep / adv

Browse is also a noun.

...a browse around the shops.

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

If you browse through a book or magazine, you look through it in a fairly casual way.

...sitting on the sofa browsing through the TV pages of the paper...

VERB : V prep

3.

If you browse on a computer, you search for information in computer files or on the Internet, especially on the World Wide Web. ( COMPUTING )

Try browsing around in the network bulletin boards.

VERB : V adv / prep

4.

When animals browse , they feed on plants.

...the three red deer stags browsing 50 yards from my lodge on the fringes of the forest.

VERB : V , also V on n , V n

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