scroll
v.v. to move text or images up, down, or across a screen so you can see different parts of it. You usually do this with your finger on a phone or a wheel on a mouse.
v. to move displayed text or graphics vertically or horizontally on a computer screen or mobile device to view different parts of the content.
I scroll through my social media feed every morning.
You need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the 'Accept' button for the terms and conditions.
While modern interfaces allow users to scroll smoothly through thousands of lines of data, older systems often struggled with the processing power required to render such rapid visual transitions.
From 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.
The verb is both transitive and intransitive; it can be used with or without a direct object. Often paired with prepositions like 'through', 'down', or 'up'.
I scrolled the page downI scrolled down the pageWhen using 'scroll' with a direction, the particle 'down' or 'up' usually follows the verb directly rather than being separated by the object.