shelve

Verb

1. (transitive) To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
2. (transitive) To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
3. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
4. (Wales, figuratively, slang, transitive) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
6. (also, figuratively, reflexive, transitive) To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
7. (intransitive, 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”).

Opposite of

deshelve, unshelve

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɛlv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shelven

Cognate with Western Frisian: 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”).

Synonyms

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

Translations

aufschieben

aplazar

adiar

procrastinar

vertagen

verdagen

verschuiven

odkładać

przesuwać

fristen

stunden

verzögern

retardar

uitstellen

aanhouden