Definition of browse

noun (n)

• vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat (noun.group)

  Example:
  A deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day.
  

  source: wordnet30
• reading superficially or at random (noun.communication)

  Synonym: browsing
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of feeding by continual nibbling (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• shop around; not necessarily buying (verb.possession)

  Synonym: shop
  

  source: wordnet30
• feed as in a meadow or pasture (verb.contact)

  Synonym: crop, graze, pasture, range
  

  source: wordnet30
• look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular (verb.contact)

  Synonym: surf
  

  Example:
  Browse a computer directory.
  

  source: wordnet30
• eat lightly, try different dishes (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: graze
  

  source: wordnet30
• To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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