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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     n.
     A rocky ledge or shelf.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To place on a shelf.
     2 (lb en transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Shelve
     n.
     (place en hamlet par/Worthen with Shelve western co/Shropshire
  cc/England) (q: OS grid ref SO3399).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     n.
     A rocky ledge or shelf.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To place on a shelf.
     2 (lb en transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Shelve
     n.
     (place en hamlet par/Worthen with Shelve western co/Shropshire
  cc/England) (q: OS grid ref SO3399).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     n.
     A rocky ledge or shelf.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To place on a shelf.
     2 (lb en transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Shelve
     n.
     (place en hamlet par/Worthen with Shelve western co/Shropshire
  cc/England) (q: OS grid ref SO3399).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     n.
     A rocky ledge or shelf.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To place on a shelf.
     2 (lb en transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Shelve
     n.
     (place en hamlet par/Worthen with Shelve western co/Shropshire
  cc/England) (q: OS grid ref SO3399).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     Englanti vb.
     hyllyttää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shelve
     Engelska vb.
     skjuta upp

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  ضع على الرفّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shelve //ʃɛlv// 
  1. слагам на рафт
  to place on a shelf
  2. отлагам, слагам на трупчета
  to set aside, quit, or halt

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  založit do knihovny

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/ 
  police

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/ 
  regál

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/ 
  odložit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  Brennplatte 
     Synonym: bat
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  Einbauplatte 
   see: shelves
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  
  βάζω στο χρονοντούλαπο

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  shelve //ʃɛlv// 
  1. panna hyllyyn
  to place on a shelf
  2. hyllyttää
  to set aside, quit, or halt

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/ 
  1. ताक़ पर रखना
        "Plans for a new theatre have had to be shelved because of lack of money."
  2. शेल्फ़ पर रखना
        "The books have been shelved in the wrong order."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  razmjestiti, spuštati se, staviti police

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  shelve /ʃelv/ 
   1.  odkładać ad acta, odkładać
   2.  stopniowo opadać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  shelve //ʃɛlv// 
  skrinlägga
  to set aside, quit, or halt

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  1. meyletmek, şevli olmak.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shelve /ʃˈɛlv/
  1. içine raflar yapmak
  2. rafa koymak
  3. tehir etmek, bir kenara atmak, rafa kaldırmak
  4. emekliye ayırmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃɛɫv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "shelve":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 放置棚架上,搁置;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 放置架子上,搁置
     vi. 倾斜

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