| NOUN | shape | scroll, coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
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| communication | scroll, roll | a document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage) | |
| VERB | change | scroll | move through text / text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen |
| Sounds | skrow'l | |
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| Rhymes | amphibole ... whole: 76 rhymes with owl... | |
| Meaning | A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). | |
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| Synonyms | coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre | |
| Narrower | calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud |
| corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | |
| verticil | A whorl of leaves growing around a stem | |
| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Spanish | forma espiral | |
| Catalan | forma espiral | |
| Meaning | A document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage). | |
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| Synonym | roll | |
| Instances | Dead Sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s |
| Narrower | Megillah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther |
| Torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written | |
| Broader | manuscript, holograph | handwritten book or document |
| Spanish | rollo | |
| Catalan | rotlle | |
| Verbs | scroll | move through text / text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen |
| Meaning | Move through text / text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Scroll down to see the entire text" | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Broader | move | Go or proceed from one point to another |
| Catalan | desplaçar | |
| Nouns | scroll | a document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage) |
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