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verb (used with object), shelved, shelv·ing.
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.
Related forms
shelv·er, noun
Synonyms
2. defer, table, pigeonhole.
2. defer, table, pigeonhole.
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Shelve
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Word Origin & History
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.
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