Category: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.] Etym: [perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced By shelf a ledge, a platform.]

Defn: to incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves From the shore.