shelve

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ʃɛlv/

Verb

shelve (shelves, present participle shelving; past and past participle shelved)

1. (transitive) To place on a shelf.

   The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.

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

   They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.

3. To furnish with shelves.

   to shelve a closet or a library

4. (slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
5. (Wales, slang) To have sex with.
6. (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 Thesaurus:copulate with

Translations

• Italian: archiviare

Translations

• French: suspendre
• Italian: accantonare, riporre
• Russian: класть на полку
• Spanish: dar carpetazo, cajonear

Noun

shelve (plural shelves)

1. A rocky ledge or shelf.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.181:

     And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry, / And dolphin's leap, and little billow crossed / By some low rock or shelve, that made it fret / Against the boundary it scarcely wet.

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