Associations to the word «Shelve»

Wiktionary

SHELVE, verb. (transitive) to place on a shelf
SHELVE, verb. (transitive) to store, set aside, quit, or halt
SHELVE, verb. To furnish with shelves.
SHELVE, verb. (Wales) (slang) to have sex with
SHELVE, noun. A rocky ledge or shelf.

Dictionary definition

SHELVE, verb. Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam".
SHELVE, verb. Place on a shelf; "shelve books".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope