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browse verb (browsed, browsing) tr & intr 1 to look through a book, etc, or look around a shop, etc in a casual, relaxed or haphazard way. 2 said of certain animals, eg deer: to feed by continually nibbling on young buds, shoots, leaves and stems of trees and shrubs, as opposed to grazing. 3 computing to examine information stored in (a database, etc). noun 1 an act of browsing. 2 young shoots, twigs, leaves, etc used as food for cattle or other animals. browser noun 1 someone or something that browses. 2 computing software that acts as an interface between the user and data on the Internet or an internal network.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c in verb and noun sense 2: from French broust a new shoot.
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