shelve
21shelve — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
22shelve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. put aside or off, postpone. See disuse, lateness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To arrange] Syn. space, range, line up; see file 1 , line 4 , order 3 , organize 1 . 2. [To postpone] Syn. hold, defer,… …
23shelve — [[t]ʃe̱lv[/t]] shelves, shelving, shelved 1) VERB If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. [V n] Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games... [V n] Sadly, the… …
24shelve — ʃelv v. put off, put aside, postpone; place on shelves, arrange on shelves; furnish with shelves; slope gradually; remove from active service …
25shelve v — Old grocers never die, they just get shelved …
26shelve — shelve1 verb 1》 place on a shelf. 2》 abandon or defer (a plan or project). 3》 fit with shelves. Derivatives shelver noun Origin C16 (in the sense project like a shelf ): from shelves, plural of shelf1. shelve2 verb (of ground) slope downwards.… …
27shelve — I. v. a. Put on the shelf, put aside, dismiss. II. v. n. Slope, incline …
28shelve — verb plans to reopen the school have been shelved Syn: postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, reschedule, hold over/off, put to one side, suspend, stay, keep in abeyance, mothball; abandon, drop, give up, stop, cancel, jettison …
29shelve — v 1.(all on a shelf) arrange, group, space, align, line up, set out, fix; place, put, set. 2. put off or aside, shunt, put on the shelf, lay aside, table, pigeonhole; sleep on, waive, dispense with, put aside for the time. See shelf(def. 3). 3.… …
30shelve — verb Syn: postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, reschedule, hold over/off, put to one side, suspend, stay, mothball; N.Amer. put over, table; informal put on ice, put on the back burner Ant: execute, bring forward, revive …
