Shelve vs. Shelving

Shelveverb

(transitive) to place on a shelf

Shelveverb

(transitive) to set aside, quit, or halt

Shelveverb

To furnish with shelves.

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;

Shelvingadjective

sloping steeply

Shelvingverb

present participle of shelve

Shelvingnoun

Shelves collectively.

Shelvingnoun

The side-rails of a cart or waggon.

Shelvingnoun

(rare) The bank of a river etc.

Shelvingadjective

Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.

Shelvingnoun

The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

Shelvingnoun

The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

Shelvingnoun

Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.