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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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