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# browser

«browser» in Mova's school dictionary: **a computer program used to look at websites on the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a browser, browsers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A browser is a computer program used to look at websites on the internet, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m1)

2) A browser is a person who looks around a shop or at things slowly without planning to buy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m2)

3) In nature, a browser is an animal that eats leaves and shoots from trees and bushes, like a giraffe or a deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons pupils open a web browser, type an address and use tabs and bookmarks. In e-safety they learn to check the padlock in the browser and not to save passwords on shared computers. In science, browsers are compared with grazers (animals that eat grass).

### examples

- Open the browser and go to the school website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x1)
- My browser has too many tabs open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x2)
- Clear your browser history on the library computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x3)
- The shopkeeper said, «Browsers welcome». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x4)
- A giraffe is a browser that eats leaves from tall trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x5)
- The page looks different in another browser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x6)

### note

From the verb «browse» (to look around slowly). A browser is not the internet itself and not a search engine; you use a search engine inside a browser.

### Trees and pragmatics

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