scroll

1. 1.

   move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen

   “Scroll down to see the entire text”

   Broadermove

   computer science

Other forms of scroll

plural

scrolls·

past tense

scrolled·

present participle

scrolling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scroll

What does scroll mean?

scroll means "a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scroll?

scroll has 1 syllable: scroll. In IPA it is /ˈskɹoʊl/.

What is another word for scroll?

Close synonyms include coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scroll a common word?

scroll is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.