Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Browse \Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot,
   F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste,
   bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle},
   n., {Brush}, n.]
   The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the
   food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser.

         Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On
         browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.

Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F.
   brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.]
   1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees,
      shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some
      other animals.

            Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
            The barks of trees thou browsedst.    --Shak.

   2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

            Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
                                                  --Tennyson.

Browse \Browse\ (brouz), v. i.
   1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or
      trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

   2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

browse
     n 1: reading superficially or at random [syn: {browsing}]
     2: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: {browsing}]

browse
     v 1: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
          just browsing" [syn: {shop}]
     2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
         {crop}, {graze}, {range}, {pasture}]
     3: look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything
        in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the
        internet or the world wide web" [syn: {surf}]
     4: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food
        at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
        [syn: {graze}]