scroll

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Synonyms: stroll, escroll, croll, schroll, scholl, scrool, scrowl, shroll

Antonyms: stroll, escroll, croll, schroll, scholl, scrool, scrowl, shroll

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q720106}} A roll of paper or [[parchment]]; a writing formed into a roll.
2. {{lb|en|architectural element}} An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
3. Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
4. A mark or flourish added to a person's [[signature]], intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
5. {{senseid|en|Q1116074}} {{lb|en|lutherie}} The carved end of a [[violin]], [[viola]], [[cello]] or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a [[human]] or [[animal]] head.
6. {{lb|en|geometry}} A [[skew surface]].
7. {{lb|en|cooking}} A kind of [[sweet]] [[roll]] [[bake]]d in a somewhat [[spiral]] shape.
8. {{lb|en|computer graphics}} The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
9. {{lb|en|hydraulics}} A [[spiral]] [[waterway]] placed round a [[turbine]] to [[regulate]] the [[flow]].
10. {{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[turbinate bone]].
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[rough]] [[draft]] of anything. <!--Chambers 1908-->
12. {{lb|en|computing}} The act of scrolling.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|computing|GUI}} To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an [[input device]] or [[touch screen]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[continuously]] and [[aimlessly]] consume [[content]] on [[social media]], especially on websites or apps with a scrolling [[feed]], such as [[Instagram]], [[TikTok]]{{,}} or [[X]].
4. {{lb|en|internet|intransitive|dated}} To [[flood]] a [[chat]] system with numerous [[line]]s of [[text]], causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[draft]]; to write in [[rough]] [[outline]]. <!--Chambers 1908-->

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