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- Dictionaryshelve/ʃɛlv/
verb
- 1. place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf: "we had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day"
- 2. decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently: "plans to reopen the school have been shelved"
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SHELVE definition: 1. to not take action on something until a later time: 2. to put something onto shelves, or to fix…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHELVE is to furnish with shelves. How to use shelve in a sentence.
to not take action on something until a later time: I've had to shelve my plans to buy a new car, because I can't afford it just now. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Delaying and wasting time. ado. busywork. buy time idiom. carry something over. dally. gridlock. hold up. holdup. inefficiency. inefficiently. kept. pigeonhole. push.
Shelve definition: to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.. See examples of SHELVE used in a sentence.
1. to place on a shelf. 2. to provide with shelves. 3. to put aside or postpone from consideration. 4. to dismiss or cause to retire. [C16: from shelves, plural of shelf] ˈshelver n. shelve. ( ʃɛlv) vb. ( intr) to slope away gradually; incline. [C16: origin uncertain]
If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. The authorities has shelved plans to build a driving range. American English : shelve / ˈʃɛlv /
Definitions of shelve. verb. place on a shelf. “ shelve books”. see more. verb. hold back to a later time. synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table. see more.
Definitions of 'shelve' 1. If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. [...] 2. If an area of ground next to or under the sea shelves, it slopes downwards. [...] 3. Shelves is the plural of shelf . [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'shelve'
SHELVE definition: to decide not to continue with a plan: . Learn more.
Shelve Definition. shĕlv. shelved, shelves, shelving. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. shelved, shelves, shelving. To put on a shelf or shelves. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To lay aside as if on a shelf; defer. To shelve a discussion. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
