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verb (v)

• hold back to a later time(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table
  

  source: wordnet30
• place on a shelf(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Shelve books.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.(verb)

  source: webster1913