shelve

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
2. To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
3. (slang) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
4. (slang) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
5. To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
6. To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
7. (obsolete) To hang over or project like a shelf; to overhang.

Noun

A rocky shelf or ledge of a cliff, a mountain, etc.

Noun

Alternative spelling of shelf (“a reef, sandbar, or shoal”)

Sinònims

postpone

defer

put off

adjourn

delay

procrastinate

put aside

put over

table

hold over

set back

remit

slope

prorogue

decline

differ

dip

disagree

discard

discharge

dismiss

drive away

entomb

expel

fall back

fire

🔥

give way

go downhill

grant

hang up

heel

hold

hush up

incline

inflect

inter

lean

list

oust

override

place

prolong

put

recede

reflect

regress

relay

remove

repel

resend

retrench

retrogress

sack

send back

set aside

sidestep

sidetrack

slant

slow down

stand aside

step back

superannuate

supersede

tend

tilt

tip

trend

vary

verge

walk back

withhold

yield

go backward

send on

consign to oblivion

stay unnecessarily long

accommodate

close a case

assign

back up

be different

bury

cant

careen

cede

chase away

cite

coast

conceal

conjugate

decelerate

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃɛlv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: shelven

Cognat amb frisó occidental: skelf

In summary

The verb is a back-formation from shelves, the plural of shelf (“flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects”).
The noun is derived from sense 2 (“(obsolete) to hang over or project like a shelf”).