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Verb shelve has 2 senses
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
--1 is one way to delay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- shelve - place on a shelve; "shelve books"
--2 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
They shelve the goods
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