scroll
To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments,…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.
» In my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.
Meiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern. — al_ex_an_der
Ein gut gestaltetes Netzangebot sollte es meines Erachtens nicht erforderlich machen, horizontal zu rollen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ein gut gestaltetes Netzangebot sollte meiner Meinung nach keinen horizontalen Bildlauf erforderlich machen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(ambitransitive)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.
She scrolled the offending image out of view.
She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph.
scrollen
скро́ллитьskróllitʹ, скролли́роватьskrollírovatʹ
прокру́чуватиprokrúčuvaty, прокрути́тиprokrutýty, скро́литиskrólyty
(intransitive)To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
(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.
(Internet, dated, intransitive)To 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!
(obsolete, transitive)To draft; to write in rough outline.
- move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen
Examples
49 sentencesIn my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.
deMeiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern. — al_ex_an_der
Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Прокрути сторінку до самого низу. — deniko
ruПрокрутите страницу вниз. — odexed
Sami started scrolling through the message.
Sami was scrolling through the message.
Ziri was scrolling through the posts.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle EFrom Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.
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Forms
scrolls, scrolling, scrolled, scrolledWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle