SHELVED

Verb

shelved

simple past tense and past participle of shelve

Adjective

shelved (comparative more shelved, superlative most shelved)

(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.

Postponed.

Synonyms

• (postponed): on ice

Source: Wiktionary


SHELVE

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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