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Meaning of browse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  browse
      n 1: vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that
           is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty
           pounds of browse every day"
      2: reading superficially or at random [syn: {browse},
         {browsing}]
      3: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: {browse},
         {browsing}]
      v 1: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help,
           I'm just browsing" [syn: {shop}, {browse}]
      2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
         {crop}, {browse}, {graze}, {range}, {pasture}]
      3: look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything
         in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the
         internet or the world wide web" [syn: {browse}, {surf}]
      4: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at
         the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn:
         {browse}, {graze}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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