Browse
Browse (brouz) , noun
[Old French brost, broust, sprout, shoot, French brout browse, browsewood, prob. from Old High German burst, German borste, bristle; compare also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n.]
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. — Spenser
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed,
On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed.
Browse (brouzd) , transitive verb
[For broust, Old French brouster, bruster, French brouter. See Browse, n., and compare Brut.]
1.
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst.
2.
To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine.
3.
To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific.
3.
Browse (brouz) , intransitive verb
1.
To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
2.
To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze. — Shakespeare
3.
To look casually through a book, books, or a set of documents, reading those parts which arouse one's interest.
4.
To search through a group of items to find something, not previously specified, which may be of interest.