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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
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
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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