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# browse

«browse» in Mova's school dictionary: **To look through things in a relaxed way, without looking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (browse, browses, browsed, browsing); noun (a browse)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To look through things in a relaxed way, without looking for something particular: «browse in a bookshop». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#m1)

2) (computing) To look at web pages on the internet: «browse the web». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#m2)

3) (of animals) To feed on leaves and twigs of bushes and trees: «Giraffes browse on acacia trees.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#m3)

4) (noun) A relaxed look: «have a browse». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety lessons a «browser» is the program for looking at websites, and «safe browsing» means visiting trusted sites. In science, «browsers» are animals that eat leaves (giraffes), while «grazers» eat grass (cows). Phrases: «browse the shelves», «browse online», «just browsing».

### examples

- I like to browse in the library on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x1)
- We browsed the web for facts about volcanoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x2)
- «Can I help you?» «No thanks, I'm just browsing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x3)
- Giraffes browse on the top leaves of trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x4)
- Have a browse through this catalogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x5)
- Only browse websites your teacher says are safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x6)
- Weary of seeking his way, he flung himself down under a tree, leaving his horse to browse at will, and fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/#x7)

### note

Rhymes with «cows». Noun for the program: browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox). «Just browsing» in shops means you are only looking.

### In the corpora

- [That was Paraceratherium, a hornless relative of rhinos that browsed on treetops in Asia, including China, about 30 million years ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/384-mammal-giants-of-the-past-paraceratherium-diprotodon-the-giant-beaver-and-gigantopithecus/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «browse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.