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  • 1. shelve
  • Rhymes with Shelve
  • 2. shelve
  • Shelve in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. shelve
  • Rhymes with Shelve
  • 2. shelve
  • Shelve in a sentence

Shelve Past Tense

The past tense of Shelve is shelved.

1. shelve

verb. ['ˈʃɛlv'] hold back to a later time.

Synonyms

  • reprieve
  • call
  • put over
  • respite
  • call off
  • suspend
  • hold
  • probate
  • table
  • hold over
  • put off
  • defer
  • prorogue
  • delay
  • set back
  • scratch
  • scrub
  • remit
  • postpone
  • reschedule

Antonyms

  • contraindicate
  • derestrict
  • deny
  • enable

Rhymes with Shelve

  • twelve
  • delve

2. shelve

verb. ['ˈʃɛlv'] place on a shelf.

Synonyms

  • place
  • pose
  • lay
  • put
  • position

Antonyms

  • validate
  • unbalance
  • demobilize
  • cause to sleep

Sentences with shelve


1. Verb, base form
When replacement inventory is purchased, shelve it behind the older inventory and instruct employees to take supplies from the front.

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