Verb: shelve shelv
- Place on a shelf
"shelve books"
- Hold back to a later time
"let's shelve the exam";
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], set back, defer, remit, put off, put back
Derived forms: shelving, shelved, shelves
See also: position
Type of: delay, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Encyclopedia: Shelve