shelve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shelve	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shelve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shelve v hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] place on a shelf; "shelve books"
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.