shelve
/ʃɛlv/
verb
- To place something on a shelf.
- The librarian will shelve the returned books before noon.
- He carefully shelved his collection of model cars in the display case.
- Please shelve these dishes in the kitchen cabinet.
- To decide not to continue with a plan, project, or idea for now; to postpone or set aside.
- We had to shelve our vacation plans when my father got sick.
- The committee voted to shelve the proposal until next year.
- The company decided to shelve the new product launch due to budget cuts.
- To slope or incline gradually.
- The garden path shelves slightly to allow rainwater to drain.
- The ocean floor shelves gently near the shore.
- The land shelves downward toward the river valley.