shelved; shelving
1
: to furnish with shelves
2
: to place on a shelf
shelve books
3
a
: to remove from active service
b
: to put off or aside
shelve a project
: to slope in a formation like a shelf
shelver
noun
Examples of shelve in a Sentence
The books were shelved according to category.
let's shelve the project for now
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Choose open industrial shelves Insert some industrial wire shelving units to stock full of garden tools or unwieldy seasonal items like holiday decor.
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Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Purdy tried rallying in Week 4, only to aggravate his toe and shelve him the next three games and perhaps this Sunday’s.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Chad Gable has also been shelved since June.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The district then publishes the winning book so that schools and the National City library can shelve it among the books read each year for Read Across America.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Purdy tried rallying in Week 4, only to aggravate his toe and shelve him the next three games and perhaps this Sunday’s.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Chad Gable has also been shelved since June.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The district then publishes the winning book so that schools and the National City library can shelve it among the books read each year for Read Across America.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shelve
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelve. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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