shelve

verb

\ ˈshelv

shelved; shelving

Definition of shelve

transitive verb

1 : to furnish with shelves

2 : to place on a shelf shelve books

3a : to remove from active service

b : to put off or aside shelve a project

intransitive verb

: to slope in a formation like a shelf

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Examples of shelve in a Sentence

The books were shelved according to category. let's shelve the project for now

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Instagram could still decide to shelve the idea altogether. — Rebecca Dancer, Teen Vogue, "Instagram Reportedly Considers School Stories Feature," 6 Nov. 2018 Just because Musk is no longer following through his plan to Tesla private doesn’t mean that SEC investigators are going to shelve their questioning. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "What Elon Musk gained from his Tesla indecision," 25 Aug. 2018 Manchester United are believed to have shelved plans to sign Juventus' £50m rated defender Alex Sandro, and are now focusing on Valencia left-back José Luis Gayà as a more financially viable option. — SI.com, "Man Utd Scrap Plans to Sign £50m Rated Alex Sandro & Switch Focus to Valencia Star Left-Back," 24 June 2018 Apple had some big plans for this year’s iOS 12 update, but has decided to shelve some of them to 2019 to focus on its mobile operating system’s performance, according to a new report. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Why Apple Might Have Delayed Big iPhone Software Updates to 2019," 30 Jan. 2018 Later, senior executives including Mr. Zuckerberg expressed concerns that the effort would harm user engagement and the project was shelved, the people said. — Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, "Facebook’s Lonely Conservative Takes on a Power Position," 23 Dec. 2018 Wright missed the first six games after knee surgery, came back to play in three, then was shelved again when the knee continued to be an issue. — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, "What Pete Carroll said Monday: Good and bad news on Chris Carson, D.J. Fluker; Mychal Kendricks is back," 3 Dec. 2018 Sabathia didn't make the one-day trip down from New York and neither did the game's original starting pitcher - Masahiro Tanaka, who is shelved for several weeks after injuring both hamstrings. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "Yankees-Nationals: Juan Soto rips go-ahead homer in game he started in minor leagues," 18 June 2018 The glass shelves slide out and are designed to contain spills. — Betty Gold, Good Housekeeping, "7 Best Counter-Depth Refrigerators to Buy in 2019, Reviewed By Kitchen Appliance Experts," 27 Feb. 2019

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