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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shelve 
  v  1:  hold  back  to  a  later  time;  "let's  postpone  the  exam"  [syn:  {postpone}, 
  {hold  over},  {put  over},  {table},  {set  back},  {defer}, 
  {remit},  {put  off}] 
  2:  place  on  a  shelve;  "shelve  books" 




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