browse /braʊz/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from early French brouster , from broust 'bud, shoot' ]
1 . [intransitive] to look through the pages of a book, magazine etc without a particular purpose, just looking at the most interesting parts
browse through
Jon was browsing through the photographs.
2 . [intransitive and transitive] to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing
browse around
The trip allows you plenty of time for browsing around the shops.
tourists browsing the boutiques and souvenir stalls
3 . [intransitive and transitive] to search for information on a computer or on the Internet:
a feature that allows you to browse your hard drive and choose the graphic you want to display
4 . [intransitive] if a goat, ↑ deer etc browses, it eats plants
—browse noun [singular] :
We had a quick browse around the shops.