Shelve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To place or arrange on a shelf.
  • v. To put away as though on a shelf; put aside: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question” ( Kingsley Amis). See Synonyms at defer1.
  • v. To cause to retire from service; dismiss.
  • v. To furnish or outfit with shelves.
  • verb-intransitive. To slope gradually; incline.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to place on a shelf
  • v. to store, set aside, quit, or halt
  • v. to have sex with
  • n. A rocky ledge or shelf.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To furnish with shelves.
  • v. To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely.
  • verb-intransitive. To incline gradually; to be slopping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To place on a shelf: as, to shelve books.
  • To lay by on a shelf; put away or aside as disposed of or not needed; hence, to put off or neglect: as, to shelve a question or a claim.
  • To furnish with shelves, as a room or closet.
  • To slope; incline.
  • To incline or tip (a cart) so as to discharge its load.
  • n. A shelf or ledge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hold back to a later time
  • v. place on a shelf
  • Verb Form
    shelved    shelves    shelving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    position    pose    put    set    lay    place   
    Form
    shelved    shelving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    retire    defer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    delve    twelve   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shelf    cabinet    bookshelf    cupboard    drawer    rack    desk    furniture    bench    staircase