Shelf vs. Shelve

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  • Shelve

    Şəlvə (also, Shal’va, Shel’va, and Shel’ve) is a village in the Lachin Rayon of Azerbaijan.

Wikipedia
  • Shelf (noun)

    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.

  • Shelf (noun)

    The capacity of such an object

    “a shelf of videos”

  • Shelf (noun)

    A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

  • Shelf (noun)

    A reef, shoal or sandbar.

  • Shelve (verb)

    to place on a shelf

    “The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.”

  • Shelve (verb)

    to set aside, quit, or halt

    “They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.”

  • Shelve (verb)

    To furnish with shelves.

    “to shelve a closet or a library”

  • Shelve (verb)

    To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

  • Shelve (verb)

    To have sex with.

  • Shelve (verb)

    To slope; to incline.

  • Shelve (noun)

    A rocky ledge or shelf.

Wiktionary
  • Shelf (noun)

    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.

  • Shelf (noun)

    a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.

  • Shelf (noun)

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

  • Shelf (noun)

    an informer.

  • Shelf (verb)

    inform on (someone)

    “he never shelfed a man in his life”

Oxford Dictionary

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