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shelve

1  [shelv]
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–verb (used with object), shelved, shelv⋅ing.
1. to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
2. to put off or aside from consideration: to shelve the question.
3. to remove from active use or service; dismiss.
4. to furnish with shelves.
Origin:
1585–95; v. use of shelve(s)

Related forms:
shelver, noun

Synonyms:
2. defer, table, pigeonhole.
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shelve

2  [shelv]
–verb (used without object), shelved, shelv⋅ing.
to slope gradually.
Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.; cf. Fris skelf not quite level
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shelve   (shělv)   
v.   shelved, shelv·ing, shelves

v.   tr.
  1. To place or arrange on a shelf.
  2. To put away as though on a shelf; put aside: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis). See Synonyms at defer1.
  3. To cause to retire from service; dismiss.
  4. To furnish or outfit with shelves.
v.   intr.
To slope gradually; incline.

[From shelf (on the model of such pairs as calf, calve).]
shelv'er n.
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Shelve

Shelve\, v. t. 1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : shelve
Spanish: quedar arrinconado,
German: aufschieben,
Japanese: 棚上げにする
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shelve 
1591, "to overhang," back formation from shelves, plural of shelf. Meaning "put on a shelf" first recorded 1655; metaphoric sense of "lay aside, dismiss" is from 1812. Meaning "to slope gradually" (1614) is from M.E. shelven "to slope," from shelfe "grassy slope," related to shelf.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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