If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?
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Shelve
//ʃɛlv//
Synonyms for "shelve" (227 found)
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Verb(51 words)
do what one doesdoinkdrilleffengenderenjoyexpletive deletedfeaguefillformal termsfrackfrakfrickfrigfuckget downget freakyget into someone's pantsget itget one's freak on
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get over onget physicalget someget up ingive someone onegive someone the timego at itgo in untogo to bed withgo withgreasehalthavehave one's way withhave one's wicked way withhithit the sheetshold overhook uphumpinformal and slang termsjapejuicejumpjump someone's bonesknobknockknock offknowknow someone in the biblical senselay
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12 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- слагам на рафт verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
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)
Danish
1 entries- sætte på hylden verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Esperanto
1 entries- enbretigi verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Estonian
1 entries- riiuldama verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Finnish
4 entries- jyrkänne noun (rocky shelf or ledge)
- hyllyttää verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
- laittaa verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
- ottaa perästä verb (to take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion)
Hebrew
1 entries- גָּנַז verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Italian
2 entries- archiviare verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
- riporre verb (to place (something) in a certain location)
Macedonian
2 entries- сна́бди со по́лици verb (to furnish (a place) with shelves)
- ста́ви на по́лица verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Māori
2 entries- whakawhata verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
- whata verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Polish
1 entries- odkładać na półkę verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Portuguese
1 entries- arquivar verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
Swahili
1 entries- daka verb (to place (something) on a shelf)
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
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