scroll

Definitions of scroll in various dictionaries:

noun - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

noun - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

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

A roll, as of parchment or papyrus, used especially for writing a document.

An ancient book or volume written on such a roll.

A list or schedule of names.

An ornament or ornamental design that resembles a partially rolled scroll of paper, as the volute in Ionic and Corinthian capitals.

The curved head on an instrument of the violin family.

A ribbon inscribed with a motto.

To inscribe on a scroll.

To roll up into a scroll.

To ornament with a scroll.

To cause (displayed text or graphics) to move vertically or horizontally across the screen so that a line of text or graphics appears at one edge of the screen for each line that moves off the opposite edge: scroll a document; scroll a page of text.

To cause displayed text or graphics to move vertically or horizontally across the screen: scrolled down to the end of the document.

To appear on screen and roll by: “The information scrolls so fast it’s unreadable” (Creative Computing).

verb - to move text across a display screen

SCROLL - A scroll (from the Old French escroe or escroue), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing....