SHELVE


Meaning of SHELVE in English

(~s, shelving, ~d)

1.

If someone ~s a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently.

Atlanta has ~d plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...

Sadly, the project has now been ~d.

VERB: V n, be V-ed

2.

If an area of ground next to or under the sea ~s, it slopes downwards.

The shoreline ~s away steeply.

...a gently shelving beach.

VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing

3.

Shelves is the plural of shelf .

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