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Grammar : Verb
Spell : brouz
Phonetic Transcription : braʊz

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Définition of browse

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "feed on buds," from Middle French brouster, from Old French broster "to sprout, bud," from brost "young shoot, twig," probably from Proto-Germanic *brustjan "to bud," from PIE *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (see breast (n.)). Lost its final -t in English on the mistaken notion that the letter was a past participle inflection. Figurative extension to "peruse" (books) is 1870s, American English. Related: Browsed; browsing.
  • verb look around; look through
Example sentences :
  • My pony had nothing but browse for supper, and he was restless.
  • Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
  • They browse over the earth, but can sit up and eat like the squirrel.
  • Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
  • Sheep like to roam over the hills, and browse on the bushes and moss.
  • Extract from : « Minnie's Pet Lamb » by Madeline Leslie
  • When cattle are turned in, they browse the tender terminal growth.
  • Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
  • The man left the horse unchecked to browse by the roadside, and came to the door.
  • Extract from : « Eli » by Heman White Chaplin
  • Upon it I could picket my steed, or hold him in hand, while he should browse?
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • It was a fine place to browse, when one had an hour to spare.
  • Extract from : « The Campfire Girls of Roselawn » by Margaret Penrose
  • If not frightened, they will browse around in the hollows there until dark.
  • Extract from : « The Young Surveyor; » by J. T. Trowbridge
  • They browse on the tops of plants, and the tender shoots and leaves of trees.
  • Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders
  • It is quite harmless, and only asks to be let alone and allowed to browse on gum-leaves.
  • Extract from : « Peeps At Many Lands: Australia » by Frank Fox
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