browse

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Synonyms: drowse, rowse, browsy, growse, browze, bowse, brose, browne, brows, blowse, prowse

Antonyms: drowse, rowse, browsy, growse, browze, bowse, brose, browne, brows, blowse, prowse

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Verb

1. To [[scan]], to casually [[look]] through in order to find items of interest, especially without [[knowledge]] of what to look for [[beforehand]].
2. To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[navigate]] through [[hyperlinked]] [[document]]s on a [[computer]], usually with a [[browser]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|of an animal}} To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than [[pasture]], such as [[shrub]]s or [[tree]]s.
5. {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[feed on]], as [[pasture]]; to pasture on; to [[graze]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Young [[shoot]]s and [[twig]]s.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[fodder|Fodder]] for cattle and other animals.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} The act of browsing through something.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} That which one browses through; something to read.
5. {{lb|en|Cornwall|fishing|uncountable}} Bruised fish used as bait.

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