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verb [I] (LOOK) /braʊz/Definition
B2 to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them: I was browsing through fashion magazines to find a new hairstyle. "Are you looking for anything in particular, madam?" "No, I'm just browsing."Reading
(Definition of browse verb (LOOK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- devour verb
- dip into sth phrasal verb (BOOK)
- dyslexia noun
- dyslexic adjective, noun
- flick through sth phrasal verb
- misread verb (READ WRONGLY)
- narrate verb
- peruse verb
- pore over sth phrasal verb
- read sb's lips idiom
- reader noun (DEVICE)
- reader noun (PERSON WHO READS)
- readership noun
- reading knowledge noun
- reading noun (WRITTEN TEXT)
- reference noun (LOOK AT)
- riffle verb
- semiotics noun
- skim verb (CONSIDER QUICKLY)
- wade through sth phrasal verb
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