shelve

Senso (Inglese)

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.

postpone

defer

yield

go backward

send on

consign to oblivion

stay unnecessarily long

close a case

be different

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃɛlv/

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”).

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