shelve1
  
  v.
   - place on a shelf.
 - abandon or defer (a plan or project).
 - fit with shelves.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C16 (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’): from shelves, pl. of shelf1.
 
  
    
shelve2
  
  v.
 (of ground) slope downwards.
 
  Etymology
  ME: origin uncertain; perh. from shelf1.