browse

Universal Words verb 1 to look at a lot of things in a shop/store rather than looking for one particular thing: [V] You are welcome to come in and browse. * [VN] She browsed the shelves for something interesting to read. 2 ~ (through sth) to look through the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. without reading everything: [V] I found the article while I was browsing through some old magazines. [also VN] 3 [V, VN] (computing) to look for information on a computer 4 [V] ~ (on sth) (of cows, goats, etc.) to eat leaves, etc. that are growing high up browse noun [sing.]: The gift shop is well worth a browse.