English Dictionary

shelve

IPA（発音記号）

/ʃɛlv/

動詞

他動詞 俗語 ウェールズ英語 自動詞

(transitive) To place on a shelf. / (transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone. / To furnish with shelves. / (slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion. / (Wales, slang) To have sex with.

日本語の意味

棚に置く、棚に並べる / 後回しにする、棚上げする / 棚を備える / (スラング) 薬物を肛門または膣内に挿入して使用する / (Wales, slang) 性交する

Please shelve the new textbooks in the back room.

新しい教科書を奥の部屋の棚に置いてください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To place on a shelf.

The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.

意味（2）

(transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.

They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.

意味（3）

To furnish with shelves.

to shelve a closet or a library

意味（4）

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

I love shelving ecstasy!

意味（5）

(Wales, slang) To have sex with.

意味（6）

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

The sand shelved gently here. Only at waist-level did the sudden dips occur, and then an upward-sloping hill would lead to a sand-bar, to a new shore islanded in the sea.

shelves （ present singular third-person ）

shelving （ participle present ）

shelved （ participle past ）

shelved （ past ）