shelving (comparative more shelving, superlative most shelving)
sloping steeply
shelving
present participle of shelve
shelving (countable and uncountable, plural shelvings)
Shelves collectively.
(chiefly, in the plural) The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
(rare) The bank of a river etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Shelv"ing, a.
Definition: Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak. "Shelving arches." Addison.
Shelv"ing, n.
1. The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
2. The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.
3. Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
