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brows⋅er

  [brou-zer]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that browses.
2. Computers. a software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display, esp. such a program for use on the World Wide Web.
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browse

  [brouz] verb, browsed, brows⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. 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

Related forms:
browser, noun

Synonyms:
3. scan, skim, examine, peruse, check.
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brow·ser   (brou'zər)   
n.  

  1. One that browses.

  2. Computer Science A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

browser

See Web browser.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
graze

and browse
  1. in.
    to eat a bit of everything at parties. : We will just graze on party snacks rather than eat a full meal. , I think I'll just browse here and skip going out to dinner.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

browse 
1523, "feed on buds," from M.Fr. brouster, from O.Fr. broster "to sprout, bud," from brost "young shoot, twig," probably from P.Gmc. *brustjan "to bud." Lost its final -t in Eng. on the mistaken notion that it was a pp. inflection. Figurative extension to "peruse" (books) is 1870s, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

browser hypertext
A program which allows a person to read hypertext. The browser gives some means of viewing the contents of nodes (or "pages") and of navigating from one node to another.
Netscape Navigator, NCSA Mosaic, Lynx, and W3 are examples for browsers for the World-Wide Web. They act as clients to remote web servers.
(1996-05-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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