Past tense of browse
regular verb
The past tense of browse is browsed. The past participle is also browsed.
Forms of browse
| Base form (V1) | browse /bɹaʊz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | browsed /bɹaʊzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | browsed /bɹaʊzd/ |
| Present participle | browsing /ˈbɹaʊzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | browses /ˈbɹaʊzɪz/ |
Browsed in a sentence
- Gilbert browsed along the shelves curiously.1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC
- They browsed with noses in the frost, and from all around came the tinkle of tiny bells on the curly-horned rams, and an endless variety of bleats.1910, Zane Grey, The Heritage of the Desert
- When I was airside, I browsed the duty-free shops.From the entry airside
- Still, I enjoyed the attention while I browsed through my closet, looking for something interviewworthy.2009, Clea Simon, Probable Claws. From the entry interview-worthy
- Next she browsed articles in Time magazine, USA Today, the New Yorker, the Guardian UK, and National Geographic.2018, Brian Andrews, Reset: A Thriller, Thomas & Mercer, page 132. From the entry hypervolcanic
Meaning of browse
- verb To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- verb To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
- verb To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
Questions about the past tense of browse
- What is the past tense of browse?
- The past tense of browse is browsed.
- What is the past participle of browse?
- The past participle of browse is browsed.
- Is browse a regular or irregular verb?
- Browse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: browse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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