reshelves

Puts back again

Reshelves is the third-person singular of reshelve, meaning to return items to shelves or to arrange them on different shelves.

Library staff reshelve books after patrons return them.

A store manager might reshelve products to improve visibility: She reshelves the seasonal items near the entrance.

retail

merchandise

Commercial products offered

display · aisle · endcap · facing · backstock · pricing · shopkeeper · clerk · arrangement · goods

library

books

Bound written works

  • stacksVertical arrangements of items
  • librarianCollection manager at reading hall
  • returnsProfits from investments

circulation · patron · borrowing · lending · cart · spine · call number · Dewey Decimal · cataloging · collection

organize

sorting

Arranging into sequence

classification · sequencing · grouping · ordering · filing · systematizing · repositioning · relocating · rearranging · indexing

tidy

neat

Orderly, or undiluted

uncluttered · shipshape · organized · decluttered · restored · returned · arrangement · presentable · cleanup

Opposites
library/retail action

reshelveschecks out

Confirms or departs

removes · takes down · borrows · pulls · retrieves

item disposition

reshelvesdiscards

Things thrown away

throws away · weeds · trashes · junks · gets rid of

Family

reshelve, reshelving, reshelved

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G