Definitions
the act of feeding by continual nibbling
Word origin
From Middle English browsen, from Old French brouster, broster (“to nibble off buds, sprouts, and bark; browse”), from brost (“a sprout, shoot, bud”), from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *brust (“shoot, bud”), from Proto-Germanic *brustiz (“bud, shoot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, sprout”). Cognate with Bavarian Bross, Brosst (“a bud”), Old Saxon brustian (“to sprout”). Doublet of brut, breast, and brush.
Used in a sentence
“I'm just browsing around.”
“I stopped in several bookstores to browse.”
“At Hampton Court the little flocks of visitors are not provided with an official bellwether, but are left to browse at discretion upon the local antiquities.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Scan casually”6 letters
02“Look through casually”6 letters
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