English-Spanish translations for shelve

• cajonear
• dar carpetazo
  No se puede dar carpetazo a esta cuestión. That question cannot be shelved.
  No, habría que dar carpetazo a los planes de una superpotencia militar. No, the plans for a military superpower should be shelved.
  El Consejo no ha hecho nada hasta hoy, excepto dar carpetazo deliberadamente a esta propuesta. The Council has done nothing to date except to deliberately shelve this proposal.
• engavetar

Definition of shelve

• To place on a shelf
• To set aside; to quit or postpone
• To furnish with shelves
• To take by anal or vaginal insertion
• To have sex with
• A rocky ledge or shelf

Examples

• The library needs volunteers to help shelve books
• They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost
• to shelve a closet or a library

Related words

• shelves
• Worthen with Shelve
• cupboard with shelves