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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

on the shelf en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Laid aside.
    • I knew something of gunnery once, but now I'm on the shelf. 2021, Bennet Copplestone, The Silent Watchers: England's Navy during the Great War:
  2. (idiomatic) Laid aside. ▸ Unused; abandoned.
  3. (idiomatic) Laid aside. ▸ Tabled; mothballed.
  4. (especially, idiomatic, of a woman) Unmarried, typically through lack of interest from potential spouses.
  5. (idiomatic) Injured.

Relateds

off-the-shelf

Translations (6)

cs na ocet (unmarried) · es quedarse para vestir santos (unmarried) · vi ế (unmarried) · pt ficar para tia (unmarried) · gd air an sgeilp (unmarried) · pt ficar para titia (unmarried)