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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
scroll
/skɹoʊl/
noun1 of 2
a long rolled piece of paper with writing on it; to move up and down a computer screen
- “I can scroll down with my mouse, but not up.”Tatoeba
- “Infinite scrolling actively harms users to benefit corporate interests.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)