"bookshelve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bookshelves [present, singular, third-person], bookshelving [participle, present], bookshelved [participle, past], bookshelved [past]
Etymology: From book + shelve, or a back-formation from bookshelves, the plural of bookshelf. Etymology templates: {{af|en|book|shelve}} book + shelve, {{backform|en|bookshelves|nocap=1}} back-formation from bookshelves Head templates: {{en-verb}} bookshelve (third-person singular simple present bookshelves, present participle bookshelving, simple past and past participle bookshelved)
  1. (transitive) To furnish (a room etc.) with bookshelves. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bookshelve-en-verb-uAKYw3hi
  2. (transitive, figurative, rare) To postpone or put aside (a project, etc.); to shelve. Tags: figuratively, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-bookshelve-en-verb-7nA4n2BH Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bookshelved, bookshelver, bookshelving

Inflected forms

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