[browse] vb browsed ; brows.ing vt (15c) 1 a: to consume as browse b: graze
2: to look over casually: skim ~ vi 1 a: to feed on or as if on browse b: graze
2. a: to skim through a book reading at random passages that catch the eye b: to look over or through an aggregate of things casually esp. in search of something of interest -- brows.er n
[2]browse n [prob. modif. of MF brouts, pl. of brout sprout, fr. OF brost, of Gmc origin; akin to OS brustian to sprout, and perh. to OE breost breast] (1523) 1: tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food
2: an act or instance of browsing