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shelf en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɛlf/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-der. Proto-Germanic *skelfōder. Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:der. Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā Old English sċylfe? Middle English schelfe English shelf From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”).

Meanings

  1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
    • Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare. 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012:
    • We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
  2. The capacity of such an object
    • a shelf of videos
  3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
    • In 1981, China's Ministry of Geology surveyed the Taiwan Banks area and reported the following features: The Southern Basin (Taiwan Qian Tan) is situated approximately 200 km (124 mi) south-east of Swatao City and about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Taiwan Banks on the transition between shelf and slope in water depths of 50 to 200 m (164 to 656 ft). 1985, Mark J. Valencia, “Issues: Hydrocarbon Potential and Jurisdictional Disputes”, in South-East Asian Seas: Oil Under Troubled Waters: Hydrocarbon Potential, Jurisdictional Issues, and International Relations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103:
  4. The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.
    • A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store as many shelvesets as he wants. 2016, Wouter de Kort, DevOps on the Microsoft Stack, page 114:
    • This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers. 2012, Bradley Irby, Reengineering .NET:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shelves Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

intrashelf · mantelshelf · shelf-wobbler · on the shelf · shelfie · shelf sea · shelfroom · shelf cloud · mid-shelf · shelf fungus · bottom-shelf · shelfbreak · top-shelf · toolshelf · simian shelf · shelfless · alongshelf · top shelf · off the shelf · shelf-screamer · shelf-worn · commercial off-the-shelf · shelvy · rockshelf · high shelf · shelf filler · shelf-stable · shelflike · beamshelf · shelf break · shelflist · off-the-shelf · shelfmate · shelf stopper · shelfward · swing shelf · shelve · shelf life · shelfworthy · shelf bra · shelf list · shelflation · conducting shelf · shelf-talker · shelfmark · shelfware · shelfful · shelfwards · shelfback · undershelf · ice-shelf · shelf ice · beehive shelf · shelf stacker

Descendants

šȅlf · seilf · silff · šelf · ше̏лф

Hyponyms

ice shelf · sulphur shelf · parcel shelf · bookshelf · continental shelf · chimney shelf · sulfur shelf

Relateds

shelve

Synonyms

shelfful (capacity)

Translations (179)

nap stìglio (structure) · bg рафт (structure) · pl półka (structure) · zu ishalufu (structure) · gl alzadeira (capacity) · gl paramio (capacity) · sv hylla (structure) · ca estant (structure) · pt prateleira (capacity) · gl vaseira (capacity) · oc laissa (structure) · tr sergen (structure) · vi giá (structure) · sh по̀лица (structure) · de Bord (structure) · bg етаже́рка (structure) · gl paraño (capacity) · ko 선반 (structure) · nl schap (capacity) · mt xkaffa (structure) · my စင် (structure) · xal таг (structure) · ta அடுக்கம் (structure) · mg talantalana (structure) · ln motáláká (structure) · acw رَفّ (structure) · gv skelloo (structure) · lv plaukts (structure) · udm ӝажы (structure) · gl parañoa (structure) · fr étagère (capacity) · ms rak (structure) · arz رف (structure) · fo hill (structure) · es ménsula (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · es estante (structure) · gu અભરાઈ (structure) · es balda (structure) · hi तख़्ता (structure) · sl políca (structure) · bo བང་ཁྲི (structure) · ceb estante (structure) · nl legplank (structure) · ckb ڕەف (structure) · gl andel (structure) · nl rek (structure) · nap scanzia (structure) · gl estante (structure) · cy silff (structure) · sw rafu (structure) · lt lentyna (structure) · el ράφι (structure) · mi paenga (structure) · ro raft (structure) · he מַדָּף (structure) · eu apal (structure) · bg по́лица (structure) · gl cunqueiro (capacity) · de Brett (structure) · sh rȁf (structure) · wym faocht (structure) · gl andel (capacity) · gl paraño (structure) · pt estante (structure) · udm полка (structure) · it ripiano (structure) · fr étagère (structure) · it scaffale (structure) · es entrepaño (structure) · nl schap (structure) · km ធ្នើរ (structure) · it mensola (structure) · uz tokcha (structure) · be палі́ца (structure) · oj desaabaan (structure) · et riiul (structure) · gl vaseira (structure) · wa axhlete (structure) · nrf ais (structure) · de Wandbrett (structure) · nn hylle (structure) · tt киштә (structure) · uz polka (structure) · ja(structure) · pt estante (capacity) · vec scansìa (structure) · ky полка (structure) · fj vata (structure) · wym faht (structure) · nl schap (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · gl paramio (structure) · th หิ้ง (structure) · lo ຫິ້ງ (structure) · is hilla (structure) · sco bink (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · pl regał (structure) · ta அடுக்கு (structure) · az rəf (structure) · wa axhale (structure) · it palchetto (structure) · mn тавиур (structure) · te అర (structure) · lij rician (structure) · fi hylly (structure) · kk сөре (structure) · pt prateleira (structure) · dsb pólica (structure) · sah долбуур (structure) · ba кәштә (structure) · gd sgeilp (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · ru по́лка (structure) · ur طاق (structure) · dsb regal (structure) · ky текче (structure) · cs police (structure) · sk polica (structure) · ro poliță (structure) · bn তাক (structure) · tg раф (structure) · ga seilf (structure) · uk поли́ця (structure) · hu polc (structure) · ca lleixa (structure) · id rak (structure) · nl rek (capacity) · sh ра̏ф (structure) · lo ຊັ້ນ (structure) · gl alzadeira (structure) · nl plank (structure) · ota راف (structure) · hu stelázsi (structure) · fr tablard (structure) · nrf êtagéthe (structure) · hy դարակ (structure) · es anaquel (structure) · kmr ref (structure) · eo breto (structure) · cy silff (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · nb hylle (structure) · yi פּאָליצע (structure) · mk полица (structure) · nan-hbl 架仔 (structure) · ar رَفّ (structure) · ug جازا (structure) · scn scaffa (structure) · br estajerenn (structure) · mi whata (structure) · es repisa (projecting ledge resembling a shelf) · de Regalbrett (structure) · tk tekje (structure) · sv hylla (capacity) · gl cunqueiro (structure) · inh тархе (structure) · fa رف (structure) · vi giá sách (structure) · gl prateleira (capacity) · sq raft (structure) · sh pòlica (structure) · koi джадж (structure) · fr rayonnage (capacity) · cmn 架子 (structure) · ca prestatge (structure) · tr raf (structure) · acm رَفّ (structure) · ce терхи (structure) · gl prateleira (structure) · gd sgeilp (structure) · ka თარო (structure) · fr rayon (structure) · yue(structure) · de Regal (structure) · wa håynaedje (capacity) · gl parañoa (capacity) · de Schrankbrett (structure) · fur scansìe (structure) · se hildu (structure) · da hylde (structure) · enm stage (structure) · bho ताखा (structure)

shelf en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɛlf/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-der. Proto-Germanic *skelfōder. Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:der. Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā Old English sċylfe? Middle English schelfe English shelf From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of shelve.
    alt of shelve

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shelfing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shelfed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shelfed Tense=Past lexicographic
shelfs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

shelf en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɛlf/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Of obscure origin; evidently identical to Middle English shelp (“sandbar in a river”), but the sound shift is unexpected. Shelp might be from Old English scylp (“crag”) or Middle Dutch schelp-.

Meanings

  1. A reef, sandbar, or shoal.
    • The other part of the Turks which at the same time aſſaulted the citie by water, out of their gallies and ſmall ſhips, had as euill or rather worſe ſucceſſe: many of them were ſunke with great ſhot, and ſome burnt by the fire caſt from the wals, and ſo fired one another; and diuers of them in that ſudden feare, for avoiding of that preſent danger, ran a ground vpon the ſhelfs in the riuer, and ſo ſplit. 1603, Richard Knolles, “The Life of Amurath, the Second of That Name, Sixt King of the Turkes, and the Great Establisher of Their Kingdome”, in The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 266:
    • But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after. 1582, Virgil, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Aeneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC; republished as The First Four Books of the Æneid of Virgil, […], Edinburgh: [Edinburgh Printing Company], 1836, →OCLC, page 21:
    • The Marchant that returnes from ſome far forrain lands, / Eſcaping dreadfull rocks and dangerous ſhelfs and ſands, / When as he ſees his ſhip her home-hauen enter ſafe, / Will he repine at God, and as offended chafe / For being brought to ſoone home to his natiue ſoile, / Free from all perills ſad that threaten ſaylor’s ſpoile? 1594, Odet de la Noue, translated by Iosuah Silvester, The Profit of Imprisonment. A Paradox, VVritten in French by Odet de la Noue, Lord of Teligni, Being Prisoner in the Castle of Tournay., London: […] Peter Short, for Edward Blunt:
    • But upon inquiry among the company, this plan was wrecked upon the ordinary shelve, to wit, the difficulty of finding performers who would consent to assume the lower characters of the drama. 1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], “Theatricals”, in St Ronan’s Well. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 156:
    • And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry, / And dolphin's leap, and little billow crost / By some low rock or shelve, that made it fret / Against the boundary it scarcely wet. 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza CLXXXI, page 209:
    • [T]he greateſt of their Galliaſſes fell foule vpon another ſhip, and loſt her Rudder, ſo that guideleſſe ſhe droue vvith the tide vpon a ſhelue in the ſhoare of Callis, vvhere ſhee vvas aſſaulted by the Engliſh. 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France, and Ireland, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 210, page 861:
    • Scopuloſo, full of rocks, ſhelfs, flats, or dangers by ſea. 1598, John Florio, “Scopuloso”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 357, column 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shelfs Number=Plur lexicographic
shelve alternative lexicographic
shelves Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

shelfward · shelfy · shelfwards

Translations (24)

gl sirte (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sh šelf (reef, shoal, sandbar) · lv šelfs (reef, shoal, sandbar) · bg шелф (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sv kontinentalsockel (reef, shoal, sandbar) · gl ariño (reef, shoal, sandbar) · de Schelf (reef, shoal, sandbar) · es banco (reef, shoal, sandbar) · gl brica (reef, shoal, sandbar) · es cordón (reef, shoal, sandbar) · es arrecife (reef, shoal, sandbar) · pl szelf (reef, shoal, sandbar) · es bajío (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sh шелф (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sh pličina (reef, shoal, sandbar) · ga scairbh (reef, shoal, sandbar) · hy շելֆ (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sv sandbank (reef, shoal, sandbar) · ru шельф (reef, shoal, sandbar) · gl baixío (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sv bank (reef, shoal, sandbar) · sh пличина (reef, shoal, sandbar) · gl pedrido (reef, shoal, sandbar) · gl recife (reef, shoal, sandbar)

shelf en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɛlf/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of shelve.
    alt of shelve

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shelfs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shelfing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shelfed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shelfed Tense=Past lexicographic