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Pronunciation : Shelve
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shelve
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.]
Definition : Defn: To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913