shelve

Definitions

To place something on a shelf for storage.

To decide not to proceed with a plan or project, often indefinitely.

To provide furniture with shelves.

Examples

The committee decided to shelve the proposal until the next fiscal year.

Please shelve these books in alphabetical order before you leave.

Management had to shelve their expansion plans due to a lack of funding.

Synonyms

postpone defer suspend table delay pigeonhole discontinue

Antonyms

activate proceed execute implement advance continue initiate