Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where animals may browse: as, “browsings for the deer,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
browse . - noun A place abounding with
shrubs whereanimals maybrowse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- noun reading superficially or at random
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Examples
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Visitors to the physical memorial can view related memorials on the device display, while visitors paying their respects at any of the online memorials will recognize that their browsing is associated directly with the actual burial site.
Boing Boing: November 12, 2006 - November 18, 2006 Archives 2006
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Researcher Lisa Gold in praise of browsing: Browsing and searching are different - browsing is about the journey, searching is about the destination.
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Internet browsing is no paradise, but with Firefox it's at least tolerable.
Mozilla Confirms Release For Firefox 3.5 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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This section includes its web browser, which sometimes works – you can use Wikipedia – and sometimes puts up a notice that web browsing is not available in all countries.
My Kindle, a review 2010
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These days the Newfoundland ecosystem is being altered by over browsing from the more than 750,000 moose that call the Rock home.
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Next to gaming and video encoding, web browsing is absolutely one of the heaviest things people do on a computer.
Granola Scales Your CPU For Energy Savings | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Internet browsing is great considering the size of the screen and I can download small apps the improve the usability of the phone.
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A dedicated PC that's never used for e-mail or Web browsing is much less likely to encounter a banking Trojan.
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GigaOM is reporting that the new leaders in browsing and Web apps are Firefox, Facebook, and Twitter.
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These days the Newfoundland ecosystem is being altered by over browsing from the more than 750,000 moose that call the Rock home.
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