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shelve

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

shelve¹ / shelv/ • v. [tr.] 1. place or arrange (items, esp. books) on a shelf. ∎ fig. decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently: plans to reopen the school have been shelved. 2. fit with shelves: one whole long wall was shelved. DERIVATIVES: shelv·er n. shelve² • v. [intr.] (of ground) slope downward in a specified manner or direction: the ground shelved gently down to the water.

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shelve

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

shelve †tilt XVI; slope gradually XVII. perh. back-formation from shelvy having sandbanks (XVI), f. SHELF2 + -Y2.

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Shelve

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Shelve Shrops. Schelfe 1180. ‘Shelf of level ground’. OE scelf.

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shelve

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

shelve •multivalve, salve, valve •lipsalve • check valve • univalve •bivalve •delve, helve, shelve, twelve •absolve, devolve, evolve, exsolve, involve, revolve, solve

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