Showing posts with label browses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label browses. Show all posts

Monday, July 8, 2013

browse, brows

Browse or browse means to look through idly, or to look at goods for sale in a shop or catalog--
I am just going to browse--I probably won't buy anything.
He liked to sit and browse through the new catalogs.

Brows or brows ( rhymes with browse ) is the plural of "brow", meaning the line of hair above the eye--
In the 1940's, many women removed their  brows and drew on new ones.
She dyed her hair blonde, but her brows didn't match.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The salesman furrowed his brows and made a face when she said they were just going to browse."

Note--"browse" is a verb ( action word, or something you do )--
I browse, he browses, you browse, we are all browsing.
Yesterday we browsed.
Tomorrow we will browse.
"Brow" is a noun (  thing or idea ), with singular and plural forms--
He only had one brow that stretched from one eye to the other, like Bert.
His brows were still dark, although his hair had turned white.
Note # 2--a "browser" will help you to look through internet sites--
Maybe you would like a different browser.  Have you tried any of the others?
A "browser" might also be a customer who is just looking, or window-shopping--
He hoped to make a sale, but the man was only a browser.