Antonyms for shelve

Grammar : Verb

Spell : shelv

Phonetic Transcription : ʃɛlv

Definition of shelve

Origin : 1590s, "to overhang," also "to provide with shelves," probably a back-formation from shelves, plural of shelf (n.1). Meaning "put on a shelf" first recorded 1650s; metaphoric sense of "lay aside, dismiss" is from 1812. Related: Shelved; shelving.

verb defer, postpone

Example sentences :

It had previously been decided to shelve "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville

The idea was not altogether comfortable, and he tried to shelve it.
Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed

We'll shelve that part of the information bureau and work on other lines.
Extract from : « A Patriotic Schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

She is head on to the Sand, but the Sand does not shelve much, and her keel is pretty even.
Extract from : « Storm Warriors » by John Gilmore

Believe me, they aren't going to shelve me just because one finger's gone!
Extract from : « Over the Seas for Uncle Sam » by Elaine Sterne

Ah, well; then we'll shelve that subject too for the present.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 » by Various

These are the momentous, the pressing questions which a man can only shelve at his peril.
Extract from : « Sermons » by J. B. Lightfoot

But here he could see that the top of the bluff really did shelve over.
Extract from : « The Magnetic North » by Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

You and Curtis see all the decent-looking women and shelve all the rest on me.
Extract from : « The Sorcery Club » by Elliott O'Donnell

Mrs. Taine, Louise, and Jim tried to shelve me--but I fooled 'em.
Extract from : « The Eyes of the World » by Harold Bell Wright

Synonyms for shelve

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