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# scroll

«scroll» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (scroll, scrolls, scrolled, scrolling); noun (a scroll, scrolls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To scroll means to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or sideways to see more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#m1)

2) A scroll is a long roll of paper or parchment with writing on it, used in ancient times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#m2)

3) A scroll is a decoration shaped like a curl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Computing and online life: scroll down a web page; endless scrolling on apps can waste time, so set limits. History and religion: ancient Egyptians wrote on papyrus scrolls; the Torah is read from a scroll. Stories: a wizard opens a magic scroll. Phrases: scroll down, scroll up, scroll through, scroll bar.

### examples

- Scroll down to see the rest of the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x1)
- I scrolled through my photos to find the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x2)
- The ancient Egyptians wrote on scrolls of papyrus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x3)
- The wizard unrolled a dusty scroll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x4)
- Don't spend hours scrolling on your phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x5)
- The Torah scroll is kept in the synagogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x6)
- Look well at this scroll and see whether you can read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/#x7)

### note

Spelled with double l. Past: scrolled. «Scroll» as a verb is modern (screens); as a noun it is ancient (rolled paper). The «scroll bar» or «scroll wheel» helps you move the page.

### In the corpora

- [Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/0/)
- [Streaming services have huge libraries, and too much choice can make people scroll for ages without choosing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/9/)
- [Films hide clues early on, so scrolling on a phone during a film means missing details that matter later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/12/)
- [Daisy scrolls Instagram and sees Dad's new family: two little kids at the beach, Dad grinning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/11/)
- [The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, handwritten on scrolls that are read in the synagogue with great respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scroll» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scroll/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.