BROWSE


Meaning of BROWSE in English

(~s, browsing, ~d)

1.

If you ~ 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 ~...

I’m just browsing around.

VERB: V, V prep/adv

Browse is also a noun.

...a ~ around the shops.

N-COUNT: usu sing

2.

If you ~ 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 ~ 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 ~, 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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