: to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling
Examples of scroll in a Sentence
Noun
He read from the scroll.
a scarf with lovely green scrolls on it Verb
You have to scroll the screen to see the bottom of the Web page.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The social platform, normally populated with an endless scroll of Gen Z-ers dancing — mostly in short choreographed routines that have been practiced and perfected — has recently been infused with the energy of a surprising demographic: their Gen X parents.—Maya Salam, New York Times, 25 May 2024 Stacks and scrolls of Krans’ paintings and word art, many of them odes to the planets, are stuffed into every cranny of the office.—Simone Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Verb
Keep scrolling to add some more essential short-sleeve tops under $35 to your summer wardrobe.—Grace Smith, Southern Living, 7 June 2024 Keep scrolling to browse more resort-ready styles on sale at Banana Republic up to 49 percent off.—Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for scroll
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred entry 1
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