browse
[verb]
Synonyms:
- skim, dip into, examine cursorily, flip through, glance at, leaf through, look round, look through, peruse, scan, survey
- graze, eat, feed, nibble

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Antonyms: pore (over)
Contrasted words: examine, study, delve (into), dig (into)
Related Idioms: give the once over, run the eye over
Related Words: go (through or over), look (over), peruse, skip (through)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

browse /braʊz/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from early French brouster, from broust 'bud, shoot']

1. [intransitive] to look through the pages of a book, magazine etc without a particular purpose, just looking at the most interesting parts
browse through
Jon was browsing through the photographs.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing
browse around
The trip allows you plenty of time for browsing around the shops.
tourists browsing the boutiques and souvenir stalls

3. [intransitive and transitive] to search for information on a computer or on the Internet:
a feature that allows you to browse your hard drive and choose the graphic you want to display

4. [intransitive] if a goat, deer etc browses, it eats plants
—browse noun [singular]:
We had a quick browse around the shops.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲