From en.wiktionary.org:
[Shelve]
** English
[2024]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] The [verb] is a [en], the [plural] of [en].[1]
The [noun] is derived from [en] (“(_obsolete_) to hang over or project like a
shelf”).[2]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en]
1. To furnish (a place ) with shelves ; especially, to furnish (a library , etc.) with bookshelves .
2. To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange ( books ) on a bookshelf.
3. * [date=1 July 1827]
4. [en] To place (something) in a certain location , as if on a shelf.
1. [en] To take ( drugs ) by anal or vaginal insertion .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] To have sex with (someone).
5. [en] To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
1. To postpone or put aside , or entirely cease dealing with (a matter for discussion , a project , etc.).
2. * [chapter=Containing the Whole Science of Government]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] To remove (someone) from active service .
7. * [volume=III]
2. [en] [en] To hang over or project like a shelf; to overhang .
3. * [act=III]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |deshelve |misshelve |reshelve |[en] [Britain] |shelver |shelveset
|shelving<pos:noun> |unshelve }}
***** Translations
[to furnish (a place) with shelves]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[to place (something) on a shelf]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Swahili: [sw]
[trans-bottom]
[to place (something) in a certain location]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[to take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[to have sex with (someone)] [to postpone or put aside (a matter for
discussion, a project, etc.)] [to entirely cease dealing with (a matter for
discussion, a project, etc.)]
[to remove (someone) from active service]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A rocky shelf or ledge of a cliff , a mountain , etc.
2. * [stanza=XVI]
3. * [poem=Hyperion]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[rocky shelf or ledge]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From Late [en];[3] further etymology uncertain, possibly:[4]
- from [enm] , [enm] (though this is doubted by the _[Oxford English Dictionary]_ ); [5] or
- related to [fy] .
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To tilt or tip (a cart ) to discharge its contents .
2. [en]
1. Of land or a surface : to incline , to slope .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. [en] To be in an inclined or sloping position .
***** Conjugation
[old=1]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to tilt or tip (a cart) to discharge its contents] [of land or a surface: to
incline, to slope]
*** Etymology 3
Treated as a [singular] form of [en], the [plural] of [en].[6]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * [page=21]
3. * [chapter= 吴语: Elizabeth I]
4. * [canto=II]
5. * [volume=II]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos= _v._ [2]] ; [alt=shelve [1]]
[2]. [pos= _n._ [2]]
[3]. [entry=shelven]
[4]. [pos= _v._ [3]] ; [alt=shelve [2]]
[5]. [entry=shelf(e]
[6]. [pos= _n._ [1]]
*** Anagrams
- [en]