Verb shelve has 2 senses
  1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
    --1 is one way to delay
    Derived form: noun shelver1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. shelve - place on a shelve; "shelve books"
    --2 is one way to
    put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Derived form: noun shelver1
    Sample sentence:
    They shelve the goods
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