shelve

[US]/ʃelv/
[UK]/ʃɛlv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. put aside or ignore something
vi. to tilt or incline

Example Sentences

They shelved their plan.

shelves with a full complement of books.

My shelves are full of books.

fitted the shelves for large books.

work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future.

the ground shelved gently down to the water.

Level off the shelves with a spirit level.

Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.

doe-eyed children gazing at the shelves of candy.

Are there enough shelves to accommodate all our books?

we’re unhappy to see our guides ghettoed in the shelves of transport books.

We had some fun and games putting up those new shelves yesterday.

A common design is a tall box with food plastron placed on several shelves insigne inside.

In the library new books have to be classified before they are put on shelves for reader's use.

dove to a depth of 30 feet; shelves with enough depth to store the large boxes.

the shelves have special stops to prevent them from being pulled out too far.

The teacher opened the door and, showing the tot the toys on the shelves, tried to entice him into the classroom.

Authorities said hair dye containing lentine will be pulled off the shelves soon.

Real-world Examples

We shelve them all around the room.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

The issue has been shelved until 2015 at the earliest.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Those kids' magazines that you see on the shelves in Tesco's with the plastic toys on.

Source: Listening Digest

In all the demos, it does things like remove dirty clothes and straighten books on shelves.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But the state's Assembly Appropriations Committee shelved those plans.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2022 Collection

However this project was eventually deemed too expensive and also shelved.

Source: Popular Science Essays

They'll stop working on it for now. They'll shelve it.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

There is. So, literally, when you shelve something, as a verb, you put it on a shelf.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

We shelved them all around the room and on our bottom shelves we store our power cables.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

I probably wouldn't say I'm shelving my plans to go on holiday.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

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