Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shelve \Shelve\, v. t.
   1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a
      library.

   2. To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put
      aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely;
      as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.

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.

Source : WordNet®

shelve
     v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone},
           {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {set back},
           {defer}, {remit}, {put off}]
     2: place on a shelve; "shelve books"