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To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

To remove from, or as from, a shelf.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors.

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope.

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.

A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot.

rly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupb…

A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils. The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Longfellow.

to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.

Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.

dge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny sands and shelves. Milton. On the secret shelves with fury cast. Dryden.

Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden.

The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an étagère.