BROWSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does browse mean?
• BROWSE (noun)
The noun BROWSE has 2 senses:
1. reading superficially or at random
2. the act of feeding by continual nibbling
Familiarity information: BROWSE used as a noun is rare.
• BROWSE (verb)
The verb BROWSE has 4 senses:
1. shop around; not necessarily buying
2. feed as in a meadow or pasture
3. look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
4. eat lightly, try different dishes
Familiarity information: BROWSE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BROWSE (noun)
Meaning:
Reading superficially or at random
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
browse; browsing
Hypernyms ("browse" is a kind of...):
reading (the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message)
Meaning:
The act of feeding by continual nibbling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
browse; browsing
Hypernyms ("browse" is a kind of...):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
• BROWSE (verb)
Meaning:
Shop around; not necessarily buying
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
browse; shop
Context example:
I don't need help, I'm just browsing
Hypernyms (to "browse" is one way to...):
look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "browse"):
comparison-shop (compare prices for a given item)
antique (shop for antiques)
window-shop (examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
In the summer they like to go out and browse
Meaning:
Feed as in a meadow or pasture
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
graze; browse; pasture; crop; range
Context example:
the herd was grazing
Hypernyms (to "browse" is one way to...):
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The animals browse
Meaning:
Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
surf; browse
Context examples:
browse a computer directory / surf the internet or the world wide web
Hypernyms (to "browse" is one way to...):
look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Eat lightly, try different dishes
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
browse; graze
Context example:
There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing
Hypernyms (to "browse" is one way to...):
nosh; snack (eat a snack; eat lightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue browse
