browse
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
Example
“I'm just browsing around.”
Other meanings
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
Synonyms
- surf
Related words
- unbrowsed
- browsability
- browseable
- browsewood
- browsewrap
- overbrowse
- nonbrowsing
- browser
- browsable
- browsy
Word history
From Old French "brouster".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “browse” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.