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Shelve vs. Shelving — What's the Difference?

Shelve vs. Shelving — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Shelve and Shelving

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Shelve

To place or arrange on a shelf
Shelved the products in the grocery store.

Shelving

Shelves considered as a group.

Shelve

To put aside as though on a shelf
"As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis).

Shelving

Material for shelves.

Shelve

(transitive) To place on a shelf.
The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
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Shelving

An incline; a slope.

Shelve

(transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.
They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.

Shelving

Sloping steeply

Shelve

To furnish with shelves.
To shelve a closet or a library

Shelving

Present participle of shelve

Shelve

(slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

Shelving

Shelves collectively.
There is ample shelving in the basement.

Shelve

To have sex with.

Shelving

The side-rails of a cart or waggon.

Shelve

(intransitive) To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.

Shelving

(rare) The bank of a river etc.

Shelve

A rocky ledge or shelf.

Shelving

Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.

Shelve

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

Shelving

The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

Shelve

To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.

Shelving

The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

Shelve

To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Shelving

Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

Shelve

Hold back to a later time;
Let's postpone the exam

Shelve

Place on a shelve;
Shelve books

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