Synonyms for shelved
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shelv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃɛlv |
Top 10 synonyms for shelved Other synonyms for the word shelved
Définition of shelved
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
- At least I had shelved the question of what (if anything) I ought to do.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- She shelved the doubt as to whether Patsy was under a misapprehension.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- They forgot everything in their anxiety to get him shelved and silenced.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain
- Elsewhere it shelved off into the steep slope down which Bas had carried him.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- "I should say we were shelved," answered the captain, with a faint smile.
- Extract from : « An Undivided Union » by Oliver Optic
- The request was shelved, however, and still was unanswered in 1748.
- Extract from : « The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia » by C. Malcolm Watkins
- To go to the House of Lords was, as he thought and said, to be “shelved.”
- Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
- Sheridan avowed that Congreve must be played unmutilated or be shelved.
- Extract from : « Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 1 of 3) » by John Doran
- At home Social and Political questions have been, for the time being, shelved.
- Extract from : « The Annual Register 1914 » by Anonymous
- After a full discussion of the affair, Enistor insisted that it should be shelved.
- Extract from : « A Son of Perdition » by Fergus Hume
Antonyms for shelved
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