browse

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /braʊz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: brows

Verb

Plain form browse

Third-person singular browses

Past tense browsed

Past participle browsed

Present participle browsing

1. When you browse something, you will quickly look through it in a casual manner without actually knowing what you are looking for.

   I went to the library and browsed the physics section.

   I was browsing the store's catalog when I saw a sofa on sale.

2. (computing) When you browse the Internet, you look through websites with a web browser.

   I learnt a lot of new words while browsing Wiktionary.