browse

English

/bɹaʊz/

verb
Definitions
  • To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
  • To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
  • (transitive) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
  • (intransitive) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
  • (archaic) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English browsen derived from Old French brouster derived from Frankish *brust (shoot, bud) derived from Proto-Germanic *brustiz (shoot, bud) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrews-

Gloss

swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout

Concept
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