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shelved

/ʃɛlvd/

shelvedpast participle

/ʃɛlvd/

Used exclusively as a past-participle adjective; labeling it explicitly clarifies its participial nature.

Translations

с полками

The shelved wall unit provides ample storage space.

Стеллаж с полками обеспечивает достаточно места для хранения.

отложенный

The shelved project will be revisited next year.

Отложенный проект будет пересмотрен в следующем году.

Additional translations

отсроченный

Definitions

Placed on a shelf or shelves.

The shelved books were neatly organized by genre.

Postponed or put aside, often indefinitely.

The shelved project will be revisited next year when we have more resources.

Synonyms

put on hold

set aside

suspended

postponed

deferred

shelveverb

shelved

Past Simple

shelved

Past Simple

shelved

Past Participle

shelving

Gerund

/ʃɛlv/

Translations

отложить

The committee decided to shelve the proposal until next year.

Комитет решил отложить предложение до следующего года.

поставить на полку

She decided to shelve the books in alphabetical order.

Она решила поставить книги на полку в алфавитном порядке.

Additional translations

задержать

откладывать в долгий ящик

Definitions

To place or arrange items on a shelf.

She decided to shelve the books alphabetically for easier access.

To postpone or delay action on something.

The committee decided to shelve the proposal until next year.

(intransitive, of a surface) To slope or incline gradually downward.

Beyond the reef, the ocean floor shelves abruptly into deeper water.

Synonyms

store

put away

suspend

postpone

set aside

Antonyms

unstore

remove

take out

shelvenoun

Definitions

(archaic) A shelf; a flat board or surface fixed horizontally to hold objects.

He set the candlesticks on a wooden shelve above the hearth.