reshelved

Returned to place

Reshelved is the past tense of reshelve, meaning to return something to a shelf or place it on a different shelf.

The word appears most often in libraries and bookstores: The librarian reshelved the returned books.

It can also describe reorganizing: We reshelved the entire fiction section by genre.

library

books

Bound written works

catalog · classification · Dewey · reference · periodicals · fiction · nonfiction · archives · aisles · reading

organization

sorting

Arranging into sequence

sequencing · indexing · filing · grouping · tidiness · neatness · systematization · order · taxonomy · misplaced

storage

warehouse

Bulk goods storage building

bins · racks · pallets · goods · supplies · restocking · repository · bulk · allocation · merchandise

returned

check-in

Registering one's presence

  • dueOwed or expected
  • overduePast expected arrival
  • patronRegular supporter or customer

borrower · renewal · fines · circulation · hold · loan · receipt · barcode · lending · media

Opposites
circulation status

reshelvedchecked out

Departed or zoned out

borrowed · on loan · withdrawn · discarded · circulating

placement action

reshelvedremoved

Taken from position

taken · pulled · unshelved · displaced · retrieved

Family

reshelve, reshelving, reshelves

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G