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# browser

noun (a browser, browsers)

«browser» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A browser is a computer program used to look at websites on the internet, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m1)
2. A browser is a person who looks around a shop or at things slowly without planning to buy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m2)
3. In nature, a browser is an animal that eats leaves and shoots from trees and bushes, like a giraffe or a deer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons pupils open a web browser, type an address and use tabs and bookmarks. In e-safety they learn to check the padlock in the browser and not to save passwords on shared computers. In science, browsers are compared with grazers (animals that eat grass).

### Examples

- Open the browser and go to the school website. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x1)
- My browser has too many tabs open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x2)
- Clear your browser history on the library computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x3)
- The shopkeeper said, «Browsers welcome». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x4)
- A giraffe is a browser that eats leaves from tall trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x5)
- The page looks different in another browser. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/#x6)

### Note

From the verb «browse» (to look around slowly). A browser is not the internet itself and not a search engine; you use a search engine inside a browser.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «browser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/browser/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«browser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/browser.html) on Mova free.