Collocations for shelve - verb
1. put sth to one side and leave it for a while
ADV.
quietly
Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.
Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved.
VERB + SHELVE
be forced to, have to
2. slope
ADV.
gently, steeply
The ground shelves quite steeply here.
The ground shelves quite steeply here.
down
The beach shelves gently down to the sea.
The beach shelves gently down to the sea.
PREP.
to, towards