SHELVE

postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

(verb) hold back to a later time; “let’s postpone the exam”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

shelve (third-person singular simple present shelves, present participle shelving, simple past and past participle shelved)

(transitive) To place on a shelf.

(transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

To furnish with shelves.

(slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

(Wales, slang) To have sex with.

(intransitive) To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.

Synonyms

• (set aside): pigeonhole, table

• (have sex with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with

Noun

shelve (plural shelves)

A rocky ledge or shelf.

Anagrams

• helves

Source: Wiktionary

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Shelve, v. t.

1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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.

Shelve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] Etym: [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.]

Definition: To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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