Crossword clues for shelved
shelved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shelve \Shelve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.] To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
Wiktionary
1 (context not comparable English) Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves. 2 Postponed. v
(en-past of: shelve)
Usage examples of "shelved".
At the other end of the cabin, the datacoil wove its tireless spiral from the emanator on the desk to the shelved systems data in the top left-hand corner.
What light there was cast itself across hundreds of shelved volumes of every shape, size and thickness.
As if these tons of books were not enough, hundreds were still arriving in the library each week, along with scores of maps and other engravings, all of which had to be catalogued and then shelved in one of the overcrowded and interconnecting rooms in which sometimes even Vilém himself got lost.
One crucial problem with Dunkirk was that the beach was very shallow for a good distance before it shelved off into deep water.
A few acquisitions were shelved almost randomly, insufficiently checked.
But there was nothing, and nothing came, and gradually the patches of seagrass became more distinct and ripples showed on the sandy bottom as it shelved slowly up from fifty to forty and then to thirty feet.