Found 2 items, similar to Shelve.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shelve shelve v 1: hold back to a later time; “let's postpone the exam” [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: place on a shelve; “shelve books”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shelve 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] Shelve \Shelve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.] To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore. [1913 Webster]