Shelve
verb
To temporarily stop doing something, like plans or projects.
Due to a lack of funding, we had to shelve our plans for expansion.
Often appears as...
- shelve the plans
- shelve a project
verb
To place or arrange (something) on a shelf.
She shelved the books neatly in the bookcase.
Often appears as...
- shelve the books
- shelve the dishes
verb
When a place gradually slope or incline away from a certain point.
The garden shelves steeply down to the river.
Often appears as...
- shelves down
- shelves steeply
verb
To temporarily stop doing something, like plans or projects.
Due to a lack of funding, we had to shelve our plans for expansion.
Often appears as...
- shelve the plans
- shelve a project
verb
To place or arrange (something) on a shelf.
She shelved the books neatly in the bookcase.
Often appears as...
- shelve the books
- shelve the dishes
verb
When a place gradually slope or incline away from a certain point.
The garden shelves steeply down to the river.
Often appears as...
- shelves down
- shelves steeply
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Pause
Used to express a pause or halt in action, with intention to resume later.
We've shelved the idea, but we'll revisit it next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Indefinite Delay
Can imply an indefinite delay, without a set timeline to restart.
They've shelved the project indefinitely due to unforeseen issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Abandoned
Does not mean the idea is abandoned; it might still be considered later.
The proposal isn't rejected; we've merely shelved it for now.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Pause
Used to express a pause or halt in action, with intention to resume later.
We've shelved the idea, but we'll revisit it next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Indefinite Delay
Can imply an indefinite delay, without a set timeline to restart.
They've shelved the project indefinitely due to unforeseen issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Abandoned
Does not mean the idea is abandoned; it might still be considered later.
The proposal isn't rejected; we've merely shelved it for now.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Pause
Used to express a pause or halt in action, with intention to resume later.
We've shelved the idea, but we'll revisit it next quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Indefinite Delay
Can imply an indefinite delay, without a set timeline to restart.
They've shelved the project indefinitely due to unforeseen issues.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Abandoned
Does not mean the idea is abandoned; it might still be considered later.
The proposal isn't rejected; we've merely shelved it for now.
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Mick Mountz: What...
We send the little orange robots out to pick up the blue shelving pods. And we deliver them to the side of the building. So all the pick workers now get to stay on the perimeter. And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different.
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The difference between...
The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow's game. You and I know deeper down, there's always a chance to win the crown. But when we fail to give our best, we simply haven't met the test, of giving all and saving none until the game is really won; of showing what is meant by grit; of playing through when others quit;
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The world needs all...
And the way I sold livestock jobs is I showed off my drawings, I showed off pictures of things. Another thing that helped me as a little kid is, boy, in the '50s, you were taught manners. You were taught you can't pull the merchandise off the shelves in the store and throw it around. When kids get to be in third or fourth grade,
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Will the ocean ever run...
Those are just a couple of many examples. Overfishing is happening all over the world. How did this happen? When some people think of fishing, they imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing, the kind that stocks our grocery shelves, looks more like warfare.
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Learning to make sand...
thanksgiving i did something for the fourth of july father's day lately what I've been working on is to try to figure out ways to integrate other objects into the sand you know so for example i did a christmas tree and i use different colored shelves to be able to add it into the tree to add some color to it
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you. When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio or on a cereal box or whatever, it happens to you so suddenly that you don't have time
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Brain Bank PIPE National...
brains it's by far the largest brain repository in the world a veritable stockroom of intelligence packing freezers and lining shelves for more than 25 years the brain Bank has been collecting and doling brains out to neuro scientists looking to unlock their secrets
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Molly Crockett: Beware...
and it affects not just the stories you read in the news but also the products you see on the shelves. When the headlines rolled, what happened was, the marketers came calling. Would I be willing to provide a scientific endorsement of a mood-boosting bottled water?
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Why "biofabrication" is...
I started life as a fashion designer, working closely with textile designers and fabric suppliers. But today, I can no longer see or talk to my new collaborators, because they're in the soil beneath our feet, on the shelves of our supermarkets
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
a bigger one suitable empty shelves are few and far between and this one is far too spacious for this crab
Video examples
Mick Mountz: What...
We send the little orange robots out to pick up the blue shelving pods. And we deliver them to the side of the building. So all the pick workers now get to stay on the perimeter. And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different.
Video examples
The difference between...
The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow's game. You and I know deeper down, there's always a chance to win the crown. But when we fail to give our best, we simply haven't met the test, of giving all and saving none until the game is really won; of showing what is meant by grit; of playing through when others quit;
Video examples
The world needs all...
And the way I sold livestock jobs is I showed off my drawings, I showed off pictures of things. Another thing that helped me as a little kid is, boy, in the '50s, you were taught manners. You were taught you can't pull the merchandise off the shelves in the store and throw it around. When kids get to be in third or fourth grade,
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Those are just a couple of many examples. Overfishing is happening all over the world. How did this happen? When some people think of fishing, they imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing, the kind that stocks our grocery shelves, looks more like warfare.
Video examples
Learning to make sand...
thanksgiving i did something for the fourth of july father's day lately what I've been working on is to try to figure out ways to integrate other objects into the sand you know so for example i did a christmas tree and i use different colored shelves to be able to add it into the tree to add some color to it
Video examples
Billy Collins: Everyday...
it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you. When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio or on a cereal box or whatever, it happens to you so suddenly that you don't have time
Video examples
Brain Bank PIPE National...
brains it's by far the largest brain repository in the world a veritable stockroom of intelligence packing freezers and lining shelves for more than 25 years the brain Bank has been collecting and doling brains out to neuro scientists looking to unlock their secrets
Video examples
Molly Crockett: Beware...
and it affects not just the stories you read in the news but also the products you see on the shelves. When the headlines rolled, what happened was, the marketers came calling. Would I be willing to provide a scientific endorsement of a mood-boosting bottled water?
Video examples
Why "biofabrication" is...
I started life as a fashion designer, working closely with textile designers and fabric suppliers. But today, I can no longer see or talk to my new collaborators, because they're in the soil beneath our feet, on the shelves of our supermarkets
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
a bigger one suitable empty shelves are few and far between and this one is far too spacious for this crab
Example 1 of 10
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John Fuller
English Poet
I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.
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Samantha Morton
English Actress
You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.
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Mike Posner
American Musician
A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.
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Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I have stocked shelves, waited on tables, and bartended. I have been a salesperson at many levels. Each giving me a unique view of what made a company successful and, even more importantly, what made a company fail.
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Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.
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Robin Hobb
American Writer
I think ever since I started to read, there have been favorite novels for different stages of my life. And one is never bumped out of place to yield to another. Instead, I just add to my favorite shelves.
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Sayaji Shinde
Indian Actor
The makers of 'Ushakaal' said that if I don't do the film they would shelve the project. I didn't want a good subject to be shelved because of me so I went ahead and did the film.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
A fridge is basically just a big, cold box with a few shelves in it, right? Well, that's true, but where you store food in the fridge can have quite an impact on its shelf life.
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Gilbert Highet
Scottish Writer
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
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Noah Baumbach
American Writer
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
Quote examples
John Fuller
English Poet
I'm not sure about prizes. I don't know how far you can seriously raise public consciousness about poetry. Having a 'National Poetry Day,' like a 'No Smoking Day,' is just shelving the problem. Things which should by rights be every day are not best served by these things.
Quote examples
Samantha Morton
English Actress
You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.
Quote examples
Mike Posner
American Musician
A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.
Quote examples
Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I have stocked shelves, waited on tables, and bartended. I have been a salesperson at many levels. Each giving me a unique view of what made a company successful and, even more importantly, what made a company fail.
Quote examples
Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.
Quote examples
Robin Hobb
American Writer
I think ever since I started to read, there have been favorite novels for different stages of my life. And one is never bumped out of place to yield to another. Instead, I just add to my favorite shelves.
Quote examples
Sayaji Shinde
Indian Actor
The makers of 'Ushakaal' said that if I don't do the film they would shelve the project. I didn't want a good subject to be shelved because of me so I went ahead and did the film.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
A fridge is basically just a big, cold box with a few shelves in it, right? Well, that's true, but where you store food in the fridge can have quite an impact on its shelf life.
Quote examples
Gilbert Highet
Scottish Writer
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Quote examples
Noah Baumbach
American Writer
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
Example 1 of 10
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