Shelve - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ʃelv|
Brit.
|ʃelv|
verb
- hold back to a later time (syn: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table)
- place on a shelf
- place on a shelf
shelve books
Extra examples
The books were shelved according to category.
...let's shelve the project for now...
Plans to reopen the school have been shelved.
The garden shelves gently towards the sea.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: shelve
he/she/it: shelves
present participle: shelving
past tense: shelved
past participle: shelved
I/you/we/they: shelve
he/she/it: shelves
present participle: shelving
past tense: shelved
past participle: shelved
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