browse

To look at websites and move between pages on the internet.

• I browse the internet every evening.
• She browsed several travel websites before booking a hotel.
• You can browse online while you wait.

Similar words: surf

Common phrases: browse the web, browse the internet, browse websites

To look through things casually, hoping to find something interesting.

• I like to browse in bookshops.
• She browsed the shelves but bought nothing.
• Can I browse through your old photos?

How to use it: browse through something (She browsed through the magazines while she waited.); browse for something (We browsed for gifts in the market.)

Similar words: look through, look around

Common phrases: browse the shelves, browse through books, browse a shop

To eat leaves and small branches from bushes or trees while moving around.

• Deer browse near the trees.
• The giraffes browsed on leaves high above us.
• Goats were browsing among the bushes beside the path.

How to use it: browse on something (The goats browsed on the young shoots.)

Similar words: feed

Common phrases: deer browse, browse on leaves, browse among trees

A short, relaxed look through things to see what interests you.

• I had a browse in the shop.
• A quick browse through the books helped me choose a gift.
• We stopped for a browse at the weekend market.

How to use it: a browse through something (A browse through the catalogue gave me some ideas.)

Similar words: look, look around

Common phrases: have a browse, quick browse, browse through something