browses 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of browse
1
as in grazes
to feed on grass or herbs cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road

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2
as in peeks
to take a quick or hasty look browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books

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browses

2 of 2

noun

plural of browse
as in scans

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Recent Examples of browses
Verb
No longer is Dick's Sporting Goods just a place to test drive putters while your wife browses her way through Sephora. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Lee is in his bookstore, reading Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, as Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) browses the shelves. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 ChatGPT writes apps, plans trips and browses the web on users’ behalf. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 And Perplexity’s Comet fully embraces the idea of a browser that browses for you. — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browses
  1. grazes
  2. peeks
  3. scans
  4. glances
Verb
  • Instead of a long, narrow path of totality across the globe, the cone of the moon's dark shadow just grazes Earth's edge.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The mission’s lunar target is Shackleton Crater, a 21-kilometer-wide (13-mile-wide) pit with a rim that grazes the moon’s south pole.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of grazes
Verb
  • Add a nude base underneath that peeks out for even more contrast.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In the background, some of the destination’s architecture peeks out beside the landscape’s greenery and rocky formations.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of peeks
Noun
  • To find out, researchers used machine learning to analyze the brain scans of dogs as they were shown images of human facial expressions.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The company says Document Scan can reduce dog-ear folds, wrinkles, and fingerprints when capturing scans.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of scans
Verb
  • At one moment, the young prince glances down with his doe eyes before looking shyly off to the side at his mom and breaking out into a giggle.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Daily glances, teasing and silences hide something nobody wants to talk about.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of glances

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“Browses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browses. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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