Boggle Word Finder
SHELVE
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
3
pts
Big
3
pts
Super Big
3
pts
SHELVE is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.
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verb
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transitiveTo furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
- to shelve a closet or a library
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transitiveTo place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
- The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
- figurativelyslangtransitiveTo take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
- WalesfigurativelyslangtransitiveTo have sex with (someone).
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figurativelytransitiveTo postpone or put aside, or entirely cease dealing with (a matter for discussion, a project, etc.).
- They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.
- alsofigurativelyreflexivetransitiveTo remove (someone) from active service.
- intransitiveobsoleteTo hang over or project like a shelf; to overhang.
- intransitiveTo extend via a series of projecting shelves.
- UKdialectaltransitiveTo tilt or tip (a cart) to discharge its contents.
- intransitiveOf land or a surface: to incline, to slope.
- intransitiveobsoleteTo be in an inclined or sloping position.
noun
- archaicA rocky shelf or ledge of a cliff, a mountain, etc.
- alternativearchaicAlternative spelling of shelf (“a reef, sandbar, or shoal”).