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   Shelve

   /SHelv/

   

   verb

   • 1. place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf: "we had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day"
   • 2. decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently: "plans to reopen the school have been shelved"
   • 3. fit with shelves: "one whole long wall was shelved"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’ (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shelver noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • H

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