If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?
Source: tatoeba (8442337)
Shelve
/ʃɛlv/
Synonyms for "shelve" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
Verb(15 words)
Noun(10 words)
shelfsideliningstored energy density valuetable settingtablestablingtidily put awaywarehousewarehouse inventorywarehousing
Adjective(1 words)
unenacted rule
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
4 entriesdelay decisionfile awaystack on shelfstore for later
Collocations
5 entriesshelve a projectshelve a proposalshelve for latershelve the ideashelved for now
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 安放 verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
- 擱放 /搁放 verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
- 擱置 /搁置 verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
- 置放 verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Finnish
2 entries- laittaa verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
- panna verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Hebrew
1 entries- גָּנַז verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Italian
1 entries- riporre verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Their job is to shelve books.
Source: tatoeba (11535876)
to shelve a closet or a library
Source: wiktionary
The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.