shelve
verb
[ ʃɛlv ]
• place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.
• "we had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day"
• decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently.
• "plans to reopen the school have been shelved"
Similar:
put to one side,
lay aside,
pigeonhole,
stay,
stand over,
keep in abeyance,
suspend,
mothball,
postpone,
put off,
delay,
defer,
put back,
hold over/off,
carry over,
reschedule,
do later,
adjourn,
put off the evil day/hour,
abandon,
drop,
abolish,
withdraw,
throw out,
do away with,
give up,
take away,
stop,
put an end to,
cancel,
eliminate,
cut,
jettison,
put over,
table,
lay on the table,
take a rain check on,
continue,
put on ice,
put on the back burner,
put in cold storage,
axe,
ditch,
dump,
junk,
chuck in,
remit,
respite,
• fit with shelves.
• "one whole long wall was shelved"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’ (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf1.
shelve
verb
• (of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.
• "the ground shelved gently down to the water"
Origin:
late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf1.
