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Definition of Browses
1. browse [v] - See also: browse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Browses
Literary usage of Browses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"The under keeper feeds the deer in winter, browses them in summer, knows where
to find a fat buck, executes the king's warrants for venison, ..."
2. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"Short-necked okapi (left), the forest-living giraffe of the Congo, which browses
upon the lower branches of trees. Long-necked giraffe (right), ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1869)
"That beggar over there, browses, browses—a word derived from brute. What made me
think of coming to this Weymouth seven times devoted to the infernal ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"He browses on the husk and leaves of books, as the young fawn browses on the bark
and leaves of trees. Such a one lives all his life in a dream of learning, ..."
5. Essays of William Hazlitt by William Hazlitt (1889)
"He browses on the husk and leaves of books, as the young fawn browses on the bark
and leaves of trees. Such a one lives all his life in a dream of learning, ..."
6. Practice with Purpose: Literacy Work Stations for Grades 3-6by Debbie Diller by Debbie Diller (2005)
"He browses through the indexes of several books and chooses two that interest
... She browses through them and signs them out in the Book Checkout notebook. ..."
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