Shelf vs. Shelve

Shelfnoun

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.

Shelfnoun

The capacity of such an object

Shelfnoun

A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

Shelfnoun

A reef, shoal or sandbar.

Shelfnoun

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

Shelfnoun

A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

Shelfnoun

A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

Shelfnoun

A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Shelfnoun

a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

Shelfnoun

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

Shelfnoun

a flat length of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.

Shelfnoun

a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.

Shelfnoun

a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf.

Shelfnoun

an informer.

Shelfverb

inform on (someone)

Shelveverb

(transitive) to place on a shelf

Shelveverb

(transitive) to set aside, quit, or halt

Shelveverb

(slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

Shelveverb

To have sex with.

Shelveverb

(intransitive) To slope; to incline.

Shelvenoun

A rocky ledge or shelf.

Shelveverb

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

Shelveverb

To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.

Shelveverb

To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Shelveverb

hold back to a later time;

Shelveverb

place on a shelve;