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    shelve
    /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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  3. SHELVE definition: 1. to not take action on something until a later time: 2. to put something onto shelves, or to fix…. Learn more.

  4. Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb shelve, which means to place on a shelf or to postpone. See also the noun form shelver and the related word shelving.

  5. 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.

  6. Shelve definition: to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.. See examples of SHELVE used in a sentence.

  7. Learn the meaning and usage of the verb shelve, which can mean to place on a shelf, to postpone, to dismiss, or to slope. See examples, synonyms, translations, and related words for shelve.

  8. verb. hold back to a later time. synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Shelve." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/shelve. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024. Copy citation.

  9. Definition of shelve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.