shelve

Speech parts

1. shelve - Noun

2. shelve - Verb

3. Shelve - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

table postpone defer remit prorogue pigeonhole set back hold over put over bank put stay drop delay slope

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Antonyms

process attack approach attempt start continue

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Hypernyms

place set position put lay delay

Hyponyms

call hold suspend respite probate reprieve

Derivatives

shelved shelving

Anagrams

Shevel

Examples

I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense novel. Genres are mostly useful as a marketing tool, and to help booksellers known where to shelve a book. Elizabeth Hand

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record. Beck

Genres are mostly useful as a marketing tool, and to help booksellers known where to shelve a book. Elizabeth Hand

I loathe computers more and more, so I have one I can shut down and shelve like a book. Will Self

Any song I don't feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it's because I want to. Daryl Hall

Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear. Gavyn Davies

Close letter words and terms

sheltron sheltrum shelty shelved shelver shelves