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Noun: browse  brawz
  1. Vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
    "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day"
     
  2. Reading superficially or at random
    - browsing
     
  3. The act of feeding by continual nibbling
    - browsing
Verb: browse  brawz
  1. Visit and look around a shop or shops, not necessarily buying
    "I don't need help, I'm just browsing";
    - shop
     
  2. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
    "the herd was browsing";
    - crop, graze, range, pasture
     
  3. Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
    "browse a computer directory";
    - surf
     
  4. Eat lightly, try different dishes
    "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing";
    - graze

Sounds like: brows

Derived forms: browsing, browses, browsed

Type of: botany, eat, eating, feed, feeding, flora, look for, nosh, reading, search, seek, snack, vegetation

Encyclopedia: Browse, Utah