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browse
English
Etymology
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 *b?rews- (“to swell, sprout”). Cognate with Bavarian Bross, Brosst (“a bud”), Old Saxon brustian (“to sprout”). Doublet of brut, breast, and brush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?a?z/
- Homophone: brows
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
browse (third-person singular simple present browses, present participle browsing, simple past and past participle browsed)
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- 1997, Colorado State Forest Service
- Also, when planting to provide a source of browse for wintering deer and elk, protect seedlings from browsing during the first several years; an electric fence enclosure can offer effective protection.
- 1997, Colorado State Forest Service
- (archaic, transitive) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
- Fields […] browsed by deep-udder'd kine.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
Derived terms
- browser
- browsable
Translations
Noun
browse (plural browses)
- Young shoots and twigs.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
- And with their horned feet the greene gras wore, / The whiles their Gotes upon the brouzes fedd […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
- Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- 1997, Colorado State Forest Service
- Also, when planting to provide a source of browse for wintering deer and elk, protect seedlings from browsing during the first several years; an electric fence enclosure can offer effective protection.
- 2007, Texas Parks and Wildlife Service
- In the Panhandle Area, bison eat browse that includes mesquite and elm.
- 1997, Colorado State Forest Service
Further reading
- browse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- browse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Bowers, Bowser, bowers, bowres, bowser
Danish
Verb
browse (imperative brows, present browser, past browsede, past participle browset)
- (computing) to browse
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
browse
- first-person singular present indicative of browsen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of browsen
- imperative of browsen
German
Verb
browse
- inflection of browsen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
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incidental
English
Etymology
From incident +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ns??d?nt?l/, /?ns??d?nt?l/
- (US) IPA(key): (nasal flap) [?ns??d?.???l], (enunciated) [?ns??d?n.t??l]
- (US) IPA(key): (nasal flap) [?ns??d?.???l], (enunciated) [?ns??d?n.t??l]
Adjective
incidental (comparative more incidental, superlative most incidental)
- Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; being a likely consequence.
- That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
- Occurring by chance
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
Synonyms
- (existing as an accident): accidental, contingent; See also Thesaurus:circumstantial
- (occurring by chance): accidental, serendipitous; See also Thesaurus:accidental
Antonyms
- (existing as an accident): inevitable, necessary, impossible; See also Thesaurus:inevitable
- (occurring by chance): inevitable, intentional; See also Thesaurus:intentional
Derived terms
- incidental expense
- incidentally
- incidental music
Related terms
- incident
- incidence
Translations
Noun
incidental (plural incidentals)
- Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
- She's costing us a lot in incidentals.
- Something that is incidental.
Translations
Anagrams
- anticlined
Portuguese
Adjective
incidental m or f (plural incidentais, comparable)
- incidental (existing by chance)
Romanian
Etymology
From French incidentel
Adjective
incidental m or n (feminine singular incidental?, masculine plural incidentali, feminine and neuter plural incidentale)
- incidental
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
incidental (plural incidentales)
- incidental (existing by chance)
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