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browsing

/ˈbɹaʊzɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
  2. To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
  3. To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
  4. (of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
  5. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
  6. A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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