'Shelve' definitions:
Definition of 'shelve'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Shelve'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Shelve'
From: GCIDE
- Shelve \Shelve\, v. t.
- 1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shelve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjourn,
- ascend,
- bank,
- cant,
- careen,
- climb,
- continue,
- decline,
- defer,
- delay,
- descend,
- dip,
- dish,
- drag out,
- drop,
- extend,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- give up,
- go downhill,
- go uphill,
- grade,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- incline,
- keel,
- lay aside,
- lay away,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lean,
- list,
- pigeonhole,
- pitch,
- postpone,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put away,
- put in mothballs,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- rake,
- recess,
- reserve,
- retreat,
- rise,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shift off,
- sideline,
- sidle,
- slant,
- sleep on,
- slope,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- store,
- stow,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- swag,
- sway,
- table,
- table the motion,
- take a recess,
- tilt,
- tip,
- uprise,
- waive