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Browsing   /brˈaʊzɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Browse  v. t.  (past & past part. browsed; pres. part. browsing)  
1.
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. "Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst."
2.
To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. "Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine."
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.
4.
(Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser 2.


Browse  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.


noun
Browsing  n.  Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. "Browsings for the deer."





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"Browsing" Quotes from Famous Books



... shining over the waters of the lake, the cattle quietly browsing, and the well-watered horses enjoying a thoroughly good feed, the troubles of the journey over the dreary plain were pretty well forgotten, and as fires were lit and meals prepared, there were bright faces around ready to give the ...
— The Silver Canyon - A Tale of the Western Plains • George Manville Fenn
... every one persisted, but the suave manner was affected, and the voice was mechanical. The old man looked up from his book—one of Professor Hyslop's volumes, and answered, "Why, hello, Tom—how are you?" and ducked back to his browsing. ...
— In the Heart of a Fool • William Allen White
... are to go having bad dreams about me—who am like a stalled ox—browsing in idle comfort—in fact, idle is no word for it. Sloth is the right epithet. I can't get myself to do anything but potter in the ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 • Leonard Huxley
... loved just a beautiful shell, whose mind I was able to light for a time. That is a sadness, Paul, perhaps the greatest of all, to see a soul one has illuminated and awakened to the highest point gradually slipping back to a browsing sheep, to live for la chasse alone, and horses, and dogs, with each day no higher aim than its own mean pleasure. Ah, Paul!" she continued with sudden passion, "I would rather you were dead—dead and cold with me, than ...
— Three Weeks • Elinor Glyn
... woods, so that we never get the bare and cheerless look of places where the elm and the whitethorn hedge dominate the landscape. In spring its small white blossoms are thickly distributed, and at Christmas its scarlet berries are ever welcome. Its prickles protect it from browsing cattle and Forest ponies, but it is interesting to notice that many of the leaves on the topmost branches being out of reach of the animals are devoid ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


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