scrolled English
Verb
(head)
(scroll)
Anagrams
*
scroll English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
(architecture) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
A 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.
Scroll-shaped end of a violin.
(geometry) a skew surface.
Verb
( en verb)
(computing) To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel.
- She scrolled the offending image out of view.
To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
- The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.
(internet) 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 !
* 1998 , "rOOth", Brain's chat'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.queen )
- It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl(SIC) could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.
Derived terms
* overscroll
* scrollbar, scroll bar
* scroll lock
* scroll wheel
* side scroller
English ergative verbs
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strolled English
Verb
(head)
(stroll)
Anagrams
*
stroll English
Noun
( en noun)
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Verb
( en verb)
To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
*, chapter=7
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
To go somewhere with ease.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Synonyms
* range, roam, rove, stray
See also
* stroller
Anagrams
*
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