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Browse Meaning, Usage, and Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：look casually (browse)

browse 🔊

/braʊz/

v./n.

To look at things in a casual and relaxed way, without a specific goal in mind.

look casually 🔊

➕

/lʊk ˈkæʒuəli/

v./n.

To examine or read something in a casual, unhurried manner, often without a specific target or goal.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old French 'broust' meaning 'young shoot', referring to animals eating tender shoots.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a cow browsing on grass while you browse the internet—both are slow and relaxed.

📖 Example

I wasn't looking for anything in particular, just browsing the magazine rack at the airport. 🔊 I wasn't looking for anything in particular, just browsing the magazine rack at the airport.

🔗 Collocations

browse the web – to look at websites without a specific objective

browse through a catalog – to quickly scan items in a catalog

browse casually – to look at things in a relaxed, non-intense way

🔄 Synonyms

scan (v.) – To look over quickly but thoroughly

skim (v.) – To read or glance over something rapidly

peruse (v.) – To read or examine something carefully or leisurely

🚫 Antonyms

scrutinize (v.) – To examine very closely and critically

focus (v.) – To concentrate attention on a specific thing

🌱 Derivatives

browser (n.) – A person or program used for browsing

browsing (n.) – The act of looking casually

📖 Cultural Story

Originally described animals nibbling young shoots in forests. In the 1990s, the term shifted to casually scanning information, mirroring the digital age.

Meaning 2：eat tender shoots (browse)

browse 🔊

/braʊz/

v./n.

(For animals) to eat leaves, young shoots, or other parts of plants in a casual, nibbling way.

eat tender shoots 🔊

➕

/iːt ˈtɛndər ʃuːts/

v./n.

For animals, especially herbivores, to feed on leaves, young shoots, or other soft plant parts by nibbling.

📁 Category：Animal Protection 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

We saw a family of deer browsing on the young leaves at the edge of the forest. 🔊 We saw a family of deer browsing on the young leaves at the edge of the forest.

🔗 Collocations

browse on grass – to eat grass by nibbling slowly

browse in the forest – to feed on forest vegetation

browse for food – to search for edible plant parts

🔄 Synonyms

graze (v.) – To eat grass in a field, typically of cattle or sheep

nibble (v.) – To take small bites, especially of leaves or shoots

feed (v.) – To eat or give food to animals

🚫 Antonyms

gulp (v.) – To swallow quickly or in large amounts

devour (v.) – To eat greedily and quickly

🌱 Derivatives

browser (n.) – An animal that feeds on leaves and shoots