Browse

Definition of Browse

Pronunciation: brouzd

n.	1.	The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; - said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. [imp. & p. p. Browsed (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing.] Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. - Shak.
	2.	To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. - Tennyson.
	3.	To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific.
	3.	(Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser{2}.
v. i.	1.	To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
	2.	To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze.
	3.	To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.
	4.	To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.

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