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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 /
1. If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. [...] 2. Shelves is the plural of shelf. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'shelve' American English: ʃɛlv British English: ʃelv. More. Conjugations of 'shelve' present simple: I shelve, you shelve [...]
Definition of shelve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
