shelve
/ʃɛlv/
noun
- 1
A rocky ledge or shelf.
verb
- 1
To place on a shelf.
“The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.”
- 2
To set aside; to quit or postpone.
“They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.”
- 3
To furnish with shelves.
“to shelve a closet or a library”
- 4
To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
- 5
To have sex with.
- 6
To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.
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