'Shelve' definitions:

Definition of 'shelve'

From: WordNet
verb
Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
verb
Place on a shelf; "shelve books"

Definition of 'Shelve'

From: GCIDE
  • Shelve \Shelve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.] To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shelve'

From: GCIDE
  • Shelve \Shelve\, v. t.
  • 1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim. [1913 Webster]

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