shelve – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
shelve
v.
put off, put aside, postpone; place on shelves, arrange on shelves; furnish with shelves; slope gradually; remove from active service
shelve
Verb
1. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
(synonym) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, set back, defer, remit, put off
(hypernym) delay
(hyponym) call
(entail) cancel, call off
(derivation) shelver
2. place on a shelve; "shelve books"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) shelver
shelve
v.
odložit; přerušit; zastavit
shelve
Czas.
odkładać coś na półkę; opadać
Shelve
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
(v. i.)
To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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