How to pronounce browse

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What browse means

verb

Most people know browse in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To nibble on leaves and twigs, as deer and goats do

In a sentence: Deer browsed on the low branches at the edge of the woods.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word meaning to nibble off buds and young shoots. The relaxed looking-around meaning is the same word.

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