shelve

1 hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, set back, defer, remit, put off]

2 place on a shelve; "shelve books"

English

Verb

1. to place on a shelf

   The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.

2. to store, set aside, quit, or halt

   They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.

Translations

adjourn, ascend, bank, cant, careen, climb, continue, decline, defer, delay, descend, dip, dish, drag out, drop, extend, fall, fall away, fall off, give up, go downhill, go uphill, grade, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold over, hold up, incline, keel, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, lean, list, pigeonhole, pitch, postpone, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, rake, recess, reserve, retreat, rise, set aside, set by, shift off, sideline, sidle, slant, sleep on, slope, stand over, stave off, stay, store, stow, stretch out, suspend, swag, sway, table, table the motion, take a recess, tilt, tip, uprise, waive