Details of word SHELVE

Definition of shelve

v. t. - To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
v. t. - 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.
v. i. - To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Word "shelve" contains 6 letters : E E H L S V

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