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browse

1 4.1

A quick, casual look through books, magazines, or websites

noun
/braʊz/

: hojeo

If I were in a bookshop, I'd probably pick it up to have a browse through.

Examples

Even a short browse on the Internet provides a long list of positive, friendly, and peaceful quotes straight from the Holy Qur'an.

Academic text (2007)
I'm just gonna go have a browse.

I Give It a Year (2013)
And I was just like, oh, we're just here for a little, a little browse if that's OK.
All departed much too quickly, leaving me with their books in my lap for a leisurely browse and a rereading of random pages.

Fiction book (1994)
Ruth greeted her warmly and insisted on holding the baby while Kathy had a browse.

Fiction book (1998)
During lunch, I enjoyed a brief browse of the new coffee table books displayed in the store.
She took a leisurely browse of the shelves, looking for something interesting to read.
After the meeting, we had a little browse through the magazine section at the bookstore.

Synonyms

browsing

vsbrowse

14 2.8

Looking through things like books or shops without a clear aim

is similar but stresses lack of definite plan or focus

skimming

vsbrowse

1 2.9

Read through writing quickly to get the main idea

is more casual and unfocused rather than aimed at getting the gist

Antonyms

studying

1 1.0

Spending time reading and practicing to learn something

How Thorough

studying

1 1.0

parsing

Specialized

7 5.2

reading

228 1.0

browse

1 4.1

skimming

1 2.9

Surface Forms

browse singular

browses plural

Etymology

Browse comes from an old word for animals tasting leaves and small shoots, in other words 'to feed on leaves'. Think of quickly looking through a magazine like an animal tasting a few leaves and moving on, so a 'browse' is a short, casual look through pages.