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 →

2) (computing) To look at web pages on the internet: «browse the web». tree →

3) (of animals) To feed on leaves and twigs of bushes and trees: «Giraffes browse on acacia trees.» tree →

4) (noun) A relaxed look: «have a browse». tree →

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 →
• We browsed the web for facts about volcanoes. tree →
• «Can I help you?» «No thanks, I'm just browsing.» tree →
• Giraffes browse on the top leaves of trees. tree →
• Have a browse through this catalogue. tree →
• Only browse websites your teacher says are safe. tree →
• Weary of seeking his way, he flung himself down under a tree, leaving his horse to browse at will, and fell asleep. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «browse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.