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Shelver meaning in English

Meaning of Shelver in English

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Shelver

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Noun

1. shelver

a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves

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Shelver

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to place on a shelf
2. 
to provide with shelves
3. 
to put aside or postpone from consideration
4. 
to dismiss or cause to retire
verb
(intransitive)
to slope away gradually; incline

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Shelver

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verb intransitive
1. Word forms: shelved or ˈshelving
to incline or slope gradually
verb transitive
2. 
to equip with shelves
3. 
to put on a shelf or shelves
4. 
a. 
to lay aside as if on a shelf; defer
to shelve a discussion
b. 
to dismiss or retire from active service

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Shelver

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v. shelved, shelv·ing, shelves
v.tr.
1. To place or arrange on a shelf: shelved the products in the grocery store.
2. To put aside as though on a shelf: "As usual, Dixon shelved this question" (Kingsley Amis). See Synonyms at defer1.
3. To cause to retire from service; dismiss: workers who were shelved during the recession.
4. To furnish or outfit with shelves.
v.intr.
To slope gradually; incline: "the hardpan that shelved down to the desert" (Stephen King).

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