shelve
Put on hold
To shelve something is to place it on a shelf, but the figurative sense dominates: to shelve a plan or project is to set it aside, postponing or abandoning it indefinitely.
The committee shelved the proposal until next year.
Budget cuts forced them to shelve the expansion.
The word suggests storage rather than destruction—shelved things might be retrieved later.
Enforced waiting period
- deferDelay or submit
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- put offTo postpone action
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
backburner · suspend · hold · stall · pigeonhole · mothball · set aside · park
Place methodically
- organizePut into systematic order
- stackItems piled vertically
- storeRetail establishment
- displayPresentation for viewing
rack · mount · install · bracket · unit · spacing · adjustable · bookend
Bound written works
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- call numberLibrary classification code
returns · circulation · collection · reference · archives · librarian · sorting · cart
delay
Enforced waiting period
sideline · backburner · suspend · hold · stall · pigeonhole · mothball · set aside · park · bench
arrange
Place methodically
display · rack · mount · install · bracket · unit · spacing · adjustable · bookend · liner
books
Bound written works
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
call number · returns · circulation · collection · reference · archives · librarian · sorting · cart · spine
merchandise
Commercial products offered
- productsItems made for sale
- displayPresentation for viewing
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
facing · planogram · restock · inventory · endcap · gondola · aisle · pricing · stocking · goods
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, group
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- tidyingtidying, tidy, tidying up, declutter, cleaning
- logistics verbsship, deliver, receive, dispatch, transport
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
shelveexpedite
Speed up a process
fast-track · prioritize · accelerate · push forward · advance
- top shelfFinest available quality
- shelf lifeUsable storage duration
- on the shelfSet aside, inactive
- hit the shelvesBecome commercially available
- flying off the shelvesSelling very quickly
- empty shelvesStorage with nothing stored
shelf, shelves, bookshelf, shelving, shelved, bookshelves, reshelve, unshelve, unshelved