shelve

shelve is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
4. verb. place on a shelf

   "shelve books"

5. verb. hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms: defer, postpone, prorogue, remit, table

Synonyms

defer, postpone, prorogue, remit, table

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shelve:

helves, shevel

Common word forms

shelved, shelver, shelves, shelving

Words from these letters

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