shelve verb
1 put sth to one side and leave it for a while
ADV. quietly Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.
VERB + SHELVE be forced to, have to
2 slope
ADV. gently, steeply The ground shelves quite steeply here. | down The beach shelves gently down to the sea.
PREP. to, towards
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