shelve
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shelve
(shĕlv)v. shelved, shelv·ing, shelves
v.tr.
1. To place or arrange on a shelf: shelved the products in the grocery store.
2. To put aside as though on a shelf: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis). See Synonyms at defer1.
3. To cause to retire from service; dismiss: workers who were shelved during the recession.
4. To furnish or outfit with shelves.
v.intr.
To slope gradually; incline: "the hardpan that shelved down to the desert" (Stephen King).
[From shelf (on the model of such pairs as calf, calve).]
shelv′er n.
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shelve
(ʃɛlv)vb (tr)
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]
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shelve1
(ʃɛlv)v.t. shelved, shelv•ing.
1. to place on a shelf.
2. to put off or aside; defer.
3. to dismiss.
4. to furnish with shelves.
shelve2
(ʃɛlv)v.i. shelved, shelv•ing.
to slope gradually.
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shelve
Past participle: shelved
Gerund: shelving
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| Verb | 1. | shelve - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
| 2. | shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books" |
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shelve
verb
1. postpone, put off, defer, table (U.S.), dismiss, freeze, suspend, put aside, hold over, mothball, pigeonhole, lay aside, put on ice, put on the back burner (informal), hold in abeyance, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. informal) Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
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shelve
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Translations
يَضَعُ رُفوفايَضَعُ على الرَّف، يَضَعُ جانِبايَنْحَدِر
odložitopatřit poličkamisvažovat se
lægge på hyldenskråne
polcokkal ellát
hallastleggja til hliîar/á hillunasetja upp hillur
vybaviť poličkami
skrinlägga
eğimli olmakiçine raf yapmakrafa kaldırmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shelve
[ˈʃɛlv] vt [+ plan, project] → mettre en suspens, mettre en sommeil
vi (= slope downwards) → descendre
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shelf
(ʃelf) – plural shelves (ʃelvz) – noun1. a board for laying things on. There are shelves on the kitchen walls.
2. a rock surface shaped like a shelf, especially on a mountain or under water.
shelve (ʃelv) verb1. to put aside, usually for consideration, completion etc later. The project has been shelved for the moment.
2. to put up shelves in.
3. (of land) to slope gradually. The land shelves towards the sea.
on the shelf (of an unmarried woman) no longer likely to attract a man enough for him to want to marry her.
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