Definitions from Wiktionary (shelve)

▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
▸ verb:  To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
▸ verb:  (slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
▸ verb:  (Wales, slang) To have sex with (someone).
▸ verb:  (figurative) To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
▸ verb:  To postpone or put aside, or entirely cease dealing with (a matter for discussion, a project, etc.).
▸ verb:  (also reflexive) To remove (someone) from active service.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To hang over or project like a shelf; to overhang.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A rocky shelf or ledge of a cliff, a mountain, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive, British, dialectal) To tilt or tip (a cart) to discharge its contents.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  Of land or a surface: to incline, to slope.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To be in an inclined or sloping position.
▸ noun:  A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3399).
▸ noun:  (archaic) Alternative spelling of shelf (“a reef, sandbar, or shoal”) [A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.]

---

▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to Shelve
▸ Usage examples for Shelve

▸ Idioms related to Shelve
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing Shelve
▸ Words that often appear near Shelve
▸ Rhymes of Shelve

▸ Invented words related to Shelve