meaning of shelve

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.
3.
To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
4.
place on a shelve; "shelve ">books"


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