# shelves

Pronunciation: say "SHELVZ" /ˈʃɛlvz/

## Noun

1. Plural of shelf. — plural of shelf
   - Simple: Plural of shelf. Use this form when you mean more than one shelf.
   - _Dust had settled on the highest shelves in the study._
   - _The store arranges its bestsellers on the shelves nearest the entrance._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of shelve. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shelve
   - Simple: The form of shelve used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The clerk shelves each delivery the moment it arrives._
   - _Whenever funding dries up, the board shelves its most ambitious projects._

## Noun

3. Plural of shelve. *(archaic)* — plural of shelve
   - Simple: Plural of shelve. This old word meant reefs or sandbars under shallow water.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shelves (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).