(~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 .