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1.NounA roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
2.NounAn ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
3.NounSpirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
4.NounA 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.NounThe 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.NounA skew surface.
7.NounA kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape."I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll."
8.NounThe incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
9.NounA spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
10.NounA turbinate bone.
11.NounA rough draft of anything.
12.NounThe act of scrolling."I gave the terms and conditions a quick scroll before signing up to the website."
13.VerbTo change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen."She scrolled the offending image out of view.; She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph."
14.VerbTo move in or out of view horizontally or vertically."The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen."
15.VerbTo continuously and aimlessly consume content on social media, especially on websites or apps with a scrolling feed, such as Instagram, TikTok, or X.
16.VerbTo flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read."Hey, stop scrolling!"
17.VerbTo draft; to write in rough outline.