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What (who) is SHELVED - definition
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION
Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939 (shelved)
Shelved
·Impf & ·p.p. of Shelve.
shelve
PLACE IN LACHIN, AZERBAIJAN
Shel’ve; Shel’va; Shal’va; Shel've; Shel'va; Shal'va; Salva, Lachin; Shelve; Shelva; Selve, Lachin
(shelves, shelving, shelved)
1.
If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently.
Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...
Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
VERB: V n, be V-ed
2.
If an area of ground next to or under the sea shelves, it slopes downwards.
The shoreline shelves away steeply.
...a gently shelving beach.
VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing
3.
Shelves is the plural of shelf
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shelve
PLACE IN LACHIN, AZERBAIJAN
Shel’ve; Shel’va; Shal’va; Shel've; Shel'va; Shal'va; Salva, Lachin; Shelve; Shelva; Selve, Lachin
shelve1
¦ verb
1. place on a shelf.
2. abandon or defer (a plan or project).
3. fit with shelves.
Derivatives
shelver noun
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'project like a shelf'): from shelves, plural of shelf1.
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shelve2
¦ verb (of ground) slope downwards.
Origin
ME: origin uncertain; perh. from shelf1.
Wikipedia
Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939
Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1939, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the regulation of hours of work and rest periods of professional drivers (and their assistants) of vehicles engaged in road transport,...
Examples of use of SHELVED
1. The plan had been shelved after widespread Muslim protests.
2. Perhaps that‘s why the deluxe DVD format is indefinitely shelved.
3. Iran had said it would restart enrichment, shelved for t...
4. Unakýtan disputed claims that he had shelved the report.
5. Since then, however, Congress has all but shelved immigration reform.