to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
2.
to graze; pasture on.
3.
to look through or glance at casually: He's browsing the shelves for something to read.
–verb (used without object)
4.
to feed on or nibble at foliage, lichen, berries, etc.
5.
to graze.
6.
to glance at random through a book, magazine, etc.
7.
to look leisurely at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
–noun
8.
tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
9.
an act or instance of browsing.
Origin: 1400–50; late ME browsen, perh. a v. deriv. of AF broz, pl. of brot shoot, new growth, OF brost < Old Low Franconian *brust bud, n. deriv. of *brustjan; cf. OS brustian to come into bud